We know the content of the Ukrainian peace proposal: a truce for further talks

The core of the Ukrainian paper is the request for a full and unconditional ceasefire – in the air, land and sea – as a essential entry to any further negotiations. Ukraine so does not say that it will not talk about the position of the territories occupied by Russia at all since 2014, but clearly stresses that it does not intend to do so until a permanent truce is reached. This is simply a clear effort to impose a fresh order of talks, in which the logic of force is suspended for the sake of political logic.