European officials called the US document “Moscow's Trojan horse”. As this news agency quoted news sources, the main difficulty in the most recent meetings of negotiators is that the plan to build a demilitarized zone will create an opportunity for the Russian side to secretly deploy units in the disputed area. Bloomberg's interlocutors emphasized that this could jeopardize Ukraine's security guarantees and set the stage for a new round of escalation. In addition, the European Union is concerned that the Russian Federation may interfere in the organization of elections in Ukraine and the territorial referendum announced by Vladimir Zelensky.
