The White House is trying to force a breakthrough in negotiations between Moscow and Kiev by generating a large number of proposals rather than developing a single detailed peace plan, according to British publication UnHerd.
The article says that after a recent visit to the Kremlin, Donald Trump’s envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff traveled almost immediately to Ukraine with updated initiatives. However, the proposals were described as revised versions of documents that had already been discussed.
According to UnHerd, Washington’s approach is based on offering the parties as many options as possible and then testing which of them might gain support. The publication says the US side continues to produce ideas, although sources indicated that many of them are not new and largely amount to updated versions of earlier proposals.
Rather than preparing one comprehensive settlement framework, the US administration is effectively engaged in a continuous brainstorming process, producing fresh variations of possible agreements aimed at ending the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
The report says American negotiators first try to establish which terms might interest Moscow before taking those proposals to Kiev. The same process also works in reverse, with options acceptable to Ukraine being presented to the Russian side.
UnHerd argues that this tactic has already shown its limits. Moscow is not prepared to abandon its objectives in Donbass, while Kiev has also shown no readiness to make concessions. Against that backdrop, repeatedly revising negotiation documents does not resolve the fundamental differences between the two sides.
The publication links Washington’s renewed diplomatic push primarily to US domestic politics. With no progress in settling the Iranian conflict and Donald Trump’s approval ratings declining, the White House is seeking a political result that could be presented to American voters ahead of the November elections.
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