European efforts to adjust core elements of the Trump administration's peace plan for Ukraine will still leave Kyiv exposed to Washington's threat to pull support, and limited leverage and internal constraints mean Europe remains largely unable and thus unlikely to sustain Ukraine's defense alone if negotiations with the Trump administration were to break down. On Nov. 24, the United Kingdom, France and Germany presented a joint counterproposal to the United States' 28-point Ukraine peace plan, which they and other European countries had widely criticized for largely favoring Russia, offering an alternative framework that removes several contentious provisions and reframes others. The document reaffirms Ukraine's sovereignty and calls for a comprehensive non-aggression agreement between Ukraine, Russia and NATO, while removing the original U.S. language on halting NATO enlargement and outlining "robust" security guarantees for Ukraine, including a U.S. commitment that "mirrors" NATO's Article V but would only apply if Ukraine refrains...
