A plan to end the war in Ukraine, negotiated between the Trump administration and Russia, would require Kyiv to surrender territory, significantly reduce the size of its army and relinquish some types of weaponry, according to officials familiar with the proposal. The 28-point proposal, drafted without Ukrainian involvement, reflects the maximalist demands the Kremlin has made throughout the war, which Ukraine has long denounced as amounting to capitulation. It is the latest effort by the Trump administration to reinvigorate stalled settlement talks in the nearly four-year-old war. Kyiv is also under growing pressure on the battlefield, as Moscow’s forces make gains against a Ukrainian military that is stretched thin. “One thing is clear,” said Kostiantyn Yelisieiev, a former presidential foreign policy adviser.

Source: The Times November 20, 2025 08:20 UTC