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“A Dangerous Peace?” Ukraine’s 20-Point Plan Faces Deep Skepticism | CNN

In my first CNN interview of the New Year, I spoke live from Chișinău, Moldova - just across the border from Ukraine - about the long, torturous and increasingly fragile road toward a possible peace deal. Listening to the New Year addresses of President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Vladimir Putin, one thing is clear: the two leaders are heading in entirely different directions, with vast daylight between their visions for the war’s end. I explain why there is deep unease inside Ukraine over what is being negotiated behind closed doors. As Holos party leader Kira Rudyk warned, the current 20-point peace proposal contains “a lot of ticking time bombs” and could prove dangerous. Few Ukrainians take foreign security guarantees at face value after the bitter failure of the Budapest Memorandum. We also discuss the most explosive issue of all - territorial concessions - and why many Ukrainians are asking: Why was so much blood spilled if land is now to be surrendered? Finally, I address the practical impossibility of holding a nationwide referendum while millions of Ukrainians remain displaced abroad, diplomatic missions are overstretched, and the country is under constant attack - as well as my growing concern over Putin’s ambitions in southern Ukraine, including the risk of rendering the country landlocked by pounding Odesa and key infrastructure. Connecting the dots, so you don’t have to.