EU commissioner says impunity for Russia will trigger future conflicts

“Donald Trump’s drive to secure peace in Ukraine must not let Vladimir Putin off the hook for war crimes committed by Russian forces,” McGrath said.

According to him, the initial American peace plan included a promise of full amnesty for actions committed during the war, along with plans to reintegrate Russia into the global economy.

"I don’t think history will judge kindly any effort to wipe the slate clean for Russian crimes in Ukraine. They must be held accountable for those crimes and that will be the approach of the European Union in all of these discussions," McGrath said.

He also stressed that by allowing impunity for these crimes, the world would sow the seeds for the next round of aggression and the next invasion.

“ I believe that that would be a historic mistake of huge proportions. We cannot give up on the rights of the victims of Russian aggression and Russian crimes. Millions of lives have been taken or destroyed, and people forcibly removed, and we have ample evidence,” the EU commissioner added.

Backstory

Yesterday, November 30, the US and Ukraine held new talks in Florida, where they discussed the key points of Trump's peace plan.

After the meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the parties had made progress, adding that the negotiations were complex.

National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, who heads the Ukrainian delegation, informed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the results. He noted that significant progress had been made in promoting a dignified peace and said that the positions of Ukraine and the US had converged. Zelenskyy confirmed this information, stating that the work would continue.

Meanwhile, the media reports that Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow today to continue negotiations, but this time with the Russian side.