The Telegraph: European leaders unable to present alternative plan for resolving Ukraine conflict

European leaders are unable to present an alternative plan for resolving the conflict in Ukraine amid ongoing negotiations between Russia and the United States regarding the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, according to an article published by The Telegraph.

"If the Europeans had an alternative plan to offer, it might make sense. But they do not. Instead, they stick to vague, entirely general statements about supporting Ukraine," the publication notes.

The article also points out that Kyiv's demands for a stable and just peace are unrealistic.

At the same time, Europe and the United States have diverged in their approaches to the Ukrainian crisis.

"The war in Ukraine is either a few weeks from resolution or as far away from a negotiated settlement as it has ever been. Russian President Vladimir Putin is either sincere in his desire to end the conflict or a duplicitous goon who is using the perception of a negotiation process to gum up the works to bide time for more territorial gains," the article notes.

The truth is somewhere in the middle. On paper at least, the Trump administration’s weeks-long shuttle diplomacy between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has produced a few short-term arrangements.

On March 11, pressured by the suspension in US military aid, Zelenskyy agreed to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire, the very same proposal he had waved away only weeks prior. This week, after three days of consultations in Riyadh, US officials walked away with a commitment to extend that ceasefire to the Black Sea. These series of truces are meant to freeze the front lines, end the killing and create space to tackle the deep, systemic issues that have powered this war for more than three years.