Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that Ukraine is now closer to peace than at any time since the beginning of 2022. “We are pretty close” to an agreement, Stubb said at an event in Helsinki on Tuesday. He said the negotiations involved three documents. He said that the first one is a framework document. As of yesterday's progress in European leaders' dialogue, a 20-point plan has been formed. “The original 28-point plan contained elements of a future European security architecture that seemed completely unacceptable to me,” Stubb said. During weeks of intense negotiations, Ukraine successfully downplayed the 28-point peace plan proposed by the US, which sought to prevent the country from joining NATO and limit the size of its military, and was seen as beneficial to Russia. However, the new 20-point framework document has gradually taken shape, but it is still unclear how to deter Moscow to prevent it from launching a new round of attacks in the future. Stubb said, “We are about to reach” a point where the terms of a potential agreement become more acceptable. “I'm pretty happy with the current state.” Stubb pointed out that the second document being discussed by the Trump administration, Ukrainian officials, and European security authorities deals with Ukraine's security issues. He specifically distinguishes between “hard security guarantees” and “security arrangements.” The latter, he said, involved a so-called “voluntary coalition” mechanism. Stubb also revealed that the third document focuses on post-war Ukraine's reconstruction.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that Ukraine is now closer to peace than at any time since the beginning of 2022. “We are pretty close” to an agreement, Stubb said at an event in Helsinki on Tuesday. He said the negotiations involved three documents. He said that the first one is a framework document. As of yesterday's progress in European leaders' dialogue, a 20-point plan has been formed. “The original 28-point plan contained elements of a future European security architecture that seemed completely unacceptable to me,” Stubb said. During weeks of intense negotiations, Ukraine successfully downplayed the 28-point peace plan proposed by the US, which sought to prevent the country from joining NATO and limit the size of its military, and was seen as beneficial to Russia. However, the new 20-point framework document has gradually taken shape, but it is still unclear how to deter Moscow to prevent it from launching a new round of attacks in the future. Stubb said, “We are about to reach” a point where the terms of a potential agreement become more acceptable. “I'm pretty happy with the current state.” Stubb pointed out that the second document being discussed by the Trump administration, Ukrainian officials, and European security authorities deals with Ukraine's security issues. He specifically distinguishes between “hard security guarantees” and “security arrangements.” The latter, he said, involved a so-called “voluntary coalition” mechanism. Stubb also revealed that the third document focuses on post-war Ukraine's reconstruction.