The United States has suggested a new security framework for Europe intended to help end Russia's war in Ukraine, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the proposal could benefit Putin, according to ABC News.
The Associated Press, in a report by Hanna Arhirova carried by PBS NewsHour, reported that European leaders have stressed that decisions about the continent's security "must be made by Europeans themselves."
The same PBS NewsHour report said those leaders had warned against allowing Russia to dictate the terms of a new security order or to negotiate the future of NATO.
The two reports present the story from different angles. The ABC News summary emphasizes the U.S. suggestion and its stated aim of ending the war in Ukraine, while the PBS NewsHour summary emphasizes the European position on who should decide the continent's security. Both headlines carry the claim that the framework could benefit Putin.
The framework is described in the reports as a suggestion from the United States, and the summaries do not say whether it has been formally presented to or accepted by any government.
Neither summary describes the terms of the framework, the parties that would be involved in it, or how Russia has responded, and the available reports do not address these points. The full texts of both reports were not available for this account, so their complete content may contain further detail.
Sources: ABC News: Zelenskyy says a new European security framework floated by US could benefit Putin; PBS NewsHour: Zelenskyy says a new European security framework floated by U.S. could benefit Putin.