Ukrainian negotiators appear to have secured some changes to the 28-point peace plan from the United States, but Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskiy still have to discuss the most sensitive issues. If those talks go badly and Trump withdraws support from Ukraine, what can Kyiv’s European allies do? After the initial shock of the 28-point US peace plan last week, European capitals recovered quickly enough to present their counterproposal by the time American and Ukrainian negotiators met in Geneva at the weekend. This means that although Ukraine and its European allies can influence Trump, particularly if Vladimir Putin is intransigent, they will probably have to accept some version of his peace plan. Under the 2022 plan, Ukraine would have become a neutral state and would renounce Nato membership but would be allowed to join the EU, just like under the new plan.
