Proposal to reach a lasting peace agreement between the Republic of Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
a) The Republic of Ukraine (hereinafter “Ukraine”) and the Russian Federation (hereinafter “Russia”) agree to initiate, under moderation of the United Nations or any other third party, negotiations on a lasting peace agreement. This is based on the proposals formulated below, but to be further negotiated.
b) The name of this agreement refers to the 2 previously concluded peace agreements Minsk I and Minsk II but can be considered a provisional working name that can be modified at the request of one or both parties.
1. The Ukrainian and Russian governments stop all military attacks on the other party from a date to be determined together.
2. All prisoners of war will be exchanged within a period of 30 days from that date.
3. Both countries will grant amnesty to all their citizens whom they have convicted or accused of:
- collaboration with the enemy (to the extent that no crimes of common law were committed).
- violations of media laws (in relation to the conflict).
4. The Russian Federation withdraws all its troops to the positions of February 23, 2022.
5. Damage caused by the armed forces of the Russian Federation both to civilian infrastructure and private property on the territory of Ukraine will be determined by a neutral authority and compensated by Russia.
6. Both sides recognize the right for Ukraine to join NATO on condition that NATO commits not to install long-range missiles or military bases on the territory of Ukraine.
7. For its part, the Russian Federation also commits not to install long-range missiles or military bases within a similar perimeter up to the border with Ukraine.
8. Ukraine provisionally recognizes for a period of 3 years the so-called’Republic of Donetsk’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘Donetsk’ for short), the ‘Republic of Lugansk’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘Lugansk’ for short) and the ‘Republic of Crimea’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘Crimea’ for short) as administrative entities and not to carry out any military actions against them during this period.
9. A binding plebiscite under international supervision and meeting international standards to be established by the UN or any other international body accepted by both sides will be held in Donetsk, Lugansk and Crimea. This within 24 months of signing the final version of this agreement. This plebiscite will ask residents whether they want to be part of Russia or Ukraine. The question will be put only to those citizens already living there on February 23, 2014, including those citizens who have fled or migrated since then.
10. Russia is withdrawing its military and administrative presence where the population has voted in favor of joining Ukraine through the plebiscite.
11. Ukraine converts its provisional recognition into a final recognition where the population has declared through the plebiscite to be part of Russia.
12. In the event a majority of Crimea’s citizens choose to become part of Ukraine, Russia receives a 99-year license to operate a seaport military base in the port of Odessa under the same conditions as in the past.
13. Ukraine commits itself to creating a legal framework that allows all oblasts to conduct their own language policy explicitly allowing for legal status of Russian locally in addition to Ukrainian.
14. In the event that the people of Donetsk, Lugansk or Crimea pronounce themselves to be part of Russia through the plebiscite, Russia commits itself to create a legal framework whereby the Ukrainian language is given legal status locally and, as far as Crimea is concerned, also for Crimean Tatar.
15. Ukraine asks the EU and USA to lift all economic sanctions against the Russian Federation.
16. Russia lifts all economic sanctions against the EU and USA.
17. The Republic of Ukraine and the Russian Federation grant full cooperation in ongoing or UN-organized investigations into the culprits of possible crimes in particular crimes against international law of war and human rights committed in the context of the conflict both by official army units, volunteers, militias or partisans from 2014 to 2023.
18. Ukraine and Russia commit to conclude an additional cooperation agreement for economic, cultural and administrative cooperation and reuniting families.