The European Union and Ukraine have jointly drafted a peace framework that insists on an immediate cease-fire as the first step toward ending Russia’s war, the Wall Street Journal reported. The proposal also rejects unilateral territorial concessions, calling instead for any land swaps to be reciprocal and paired with legally binding security guarantees for Kyiv. EU and Ukrainian negotiators presented the plan as a counteroffer to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s earlier cease-fire terms, underscoring that Ukraine would consider altering its borders only if its long-term security is underwritten by international commitments. Details of the guarantor mechanism and potential mediators were not disclosed.