President Donald Trump’s surprise 28-point Ukraine peace blueprint, circulated among world leaders at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, has been met with outright rejection by European and G7 allies who branded it “incomplete, inconsistent, and fundamentally flawed,” warning that it risks legitimising Russian aggression and permanently weakening European security architecture.

The document, drafted in haste by U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian Negotiator Kirill Dmitriev with minimal consultation, demands Ukraine permanently cede Crimea and large swathes of Donbas, cap its armed forces at 600,000 troops, abandon NATO membership aspirations indefinitely, and transfer the multi-billion-dollar reconstruction burden almost entirely onto Europe, while offering Moscow sweeping security guarantees and an immediate ceasefire along current frontlines.

European Leaders from Britain, Germany, France, Finland, and Canada issued a carefully worded but unmistakable rebuke, stating the proposal could only serve as “a basis requiring substantial additional work,” explicitly refusing to accept territorial concessions, military limitations, or any framework that would reward Russia’s invasion and encourage further expansionism elsewhere.

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Trump has imposed a hard Thursday deadline for President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to accept the terms, threatening an immediate and total cutoff of American weapons, ammunition, and intelligence sharing if Kyiv refuses. The ultimatum has triggered emergency diplomacy, with a high-stakes meeting of national security advisors scheduled for Sunday in Geneva to salvage a unified Western position.

Behind closed doors, European Capitals are accelerating contingency planning for a scenario in which the United States dramatically scales back or withdraws support altogether, openly discussing increased direct arms supplies, joint air-defense commitments, and long-term financial packages to ensure Ukraine can continue resisting even without Washington’s full backing.

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