The Trump administration's 28-point proposal would permanently end Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but would require very significant concessions from the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Initial reactions suggest the draft is heavily pro-Moscow and contains some strange provisions.

Neither Ukraine nor the European Union was involved in the preparation of the draft. While Volodymyr Zelensky is waiting for the time being and wants to negotiate personally with Donald Trump at all costs, EU leaders - in addition to being upset by yet another condescending American move - are trying to restrain Kiev, at least until an alternative European peace plan is prepared within a few days.

The EU foreign affairs leadership is currently trying to convince US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to dissuade President Trump from pushing the new proposal further and instead put a joint plan on the table that is not so one-sided.

We tried to clarify this rather chaotic situation with experts on the subject, Anton Bendarzhevskýj, director of Oeconomus Economic Research and security policy expert, and Gábor Csizmazia, a fellow at the John Lukacs Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.