“President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the issue of the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, as well as the exchange of all prisoners of war, is included in the peace plan, which consists of 20 points.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Illustrative photo: Getty Images Source: Zelensky at an online briefing
Details: He said this while answering a question about hearings in the US Senate, where senators emphasized that any agreements with Russia without guarantees for the return of Ukrainian children are unacceptable.
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Direct speech: “True, senators and congressmen are working, I am in constant contact with them. I have personal meetings and phone calls on this topic. They support it. By the way, the first ladies of the United States also support this issue.
The issues are painful and sensitive for Americans, as well as for us. These are our children, probably, for us it is even closer, of course. But it is also important for Americans.
And therefore, in the 20-point plan, the issue of the return of children, as well as the exchange of all our prisoners, these issues are there. And as for the congressmen, senators of the United States, they are moving with the appropriate bill for our children. They are moving in Congress, we will support them.”
What preceded:
December 2 Zelenskyi said that the updated version of the peace plan, which Ukraine is discussing with the United States, now contains 20 points instead of 28 in the initial version.
We will remind:
- Information about the new “peace plan” of the USA, which is designed to settle the war between Russia and Ukraine, appeared in a number of American mass media on November 19.
- In these publications, it was mentioned that the plan provides for the transfer of all of Donbas to Russia. Also, according to him, Ukraine should limit its arsenal of weapons, cut the army in half and accept Russian as the second state language.
- On November 21, the mass media published the text of the 28-point peace plan, according to which Ukraine should forever give up its territories, and Russia should receive amnesty.
- On November 23, Great Britain, Germany and France prepared counter-proposals to the draft American “peace plan” with 28 points, designed to make them more beneficial for Ukraine.
- Also, on November 23, negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine and the USA took place in Geneva, after which it became known about the “updated” peace document.
- The British newspaper Financial Times reported that as a result of the negotiations in Geneva, Trump’s team made adjustments to the initial version of the “peace plan”, as a result of which the number of points in it was reduced to 19.