“The United States proposed a new plan for a peaceful settlement of the war between Ukraine and Russia, which involves significant concessions from Kyiv”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In exchange for the territory, Moscow can pay a land fee to compensate for the financial losses incurred by Ukraine due to the loss of access to its lands. According to its constitution, Ukraine is obliged to put the question of the transfer of the territory to a public vote, which is likely to fail – something that can be avoided in the lease agreement,” writes The Telegraph.
But the publication does not mention the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, which are partially occupied by the Russian troops, on which Moscow voiced its territorial claims. There is also no mention of Crimea, which the Russian Federation occupied in 2024.
The publication’s sources said the White House told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he must agree to the terms, feeling weakened by the corruption scandal engulfing the Ukrainian president.
As The Telegraph writes, the US plan will also ban the landing of foreign diplomatic planes in the country, provides that the Russian language will become the official state language, and the Russian Orthodox Church will receive official status in the occupied territories.
According to NBC News, the plan for a peaceful settlement of the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, which high-ranking officials of the US administration secretly developed in consultation with Moscow, has already received the support of US President Donald Trump.
The day before, the international media reported that the new project of the peace agreement proposed by the United States envisages a reduction in the number of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a reduction in American military aid, which is an important support for Ukraine’s struggle against Russian forces. In addition, no foreign troops will be allowed on Ukrainian territory, and Kyiv will no longer receive long-range weapons.
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Instead, it is not reported what concessions Moscow should make.
The proposals, detailed by The Financial Times and Reuters, are largely in line with tough demands Russia has made since earlier this year, when President Donald Trump decided to open direct talks with Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Moscow said it was open to talks on Ukraine, adding that it could arrange a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin if necessary.
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Kyiv did not officially respond to these reports.
Shortly after the news of these proposals spread, Zelenskyy published a message on the Telegram channel, where he thanked the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for conducting the negotiations.
He also praised President Trump’s “decisive steps and leadership and every strong and just proposal to end this war.”
Axios reported on November 18 that Witkoff was supposed to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Wednesday in Turkey, but postponed his trip. As RFE/RL reported, a diplomatic source said, this meeting did not take place.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in October that Ukraine supports the ceasefire and is ready for diplomacy, but not on the condition that the Ukrainian military must “leave certain areas, giving our land to the aggressor.”