Kyiv warns US ceasefire plan could hand Moscow leverage without safeguards

The Kyiv Independent reports that the US is pressing a framework for a temporary Ukraine–Russia ceasefire in exchange for sanctions relief to Moscow, aiming to revive talks, but Kyiv fears no binding security guarantees and a dangerous loophole that could let Russia regroup and attack again. Key sticking points include Donbas, sanctions relief, and control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, with Kyiv accusing the plan of effectively rewarding Moscow without enforceable safeguards.