FROM NY POST: The US peace plan to end the war in Ukraine contains almost no concessions from Russia aside from it abandoning its vow to take over the entire country — and American officials say they can’t see why Kyiv would accept the proposal.
The plan, devised by President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, after consultations with both Ukrainian and Russian officials, would see Kyiv surrendering the entirety of its Donbas region.
The handed-over area would include territory that the Kremlin hasn’t even been able to secure for more than a decade, since it made a separate land grab for it in 2014.
The proposed pact also calls for Ukraine to pledge to never join NATO, shrink its armed forces from its current estimated 900,000 to 600,000 personnel — and grant amnesty for all parties involved in wartime actions, eliminating any future legal claims over Russian war crimes.
“The proposal is a bad deal and one that the Trump administration rightfully refused to accept in the past,” said George Barros, program lead for the Institute for the Study of War Russia.“Deterring future Russian aggression against Ukraine requires a strong Ukrainian military, foreign support to Ukraine — ideally in the form of foreign troops in-country — and a defendable frontline.”
Meanwhile. The Wall Street Journal reports:
A senior U.S. official said that Ukraine significantly changed one of the 28 points in the version that appeared online.
In an apparent move to expose alleged corruption, the draft had called for an audit of all international aid Ukraine had received.
The language was changed to say all parties will receive “full amnesty for their actions during the war.”
In comments to the media Saturday, Trump said, “I would like to get to peace. We’re trying to get it ended. One way or the other, we have to get it ended.”
Asked what would happen if Zelensky rejects the deal, Trump said, “He can continue to fight his little heart out.”
Q: Is this your final offer to Ukraine?
TRUMP: No. One way or the other we have to get it ended. He can continue to fight his little heart out. pic.twitter.com/SDh8cKrUVs
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 22, 2025
Trump was asked during an appearance on the “Brian Kilmeade Show” on Fox News Radio whether he was giving Ukraine a deadline to sign off on the proposal.
“So, is next Thursday the deadline — that you gave a loose deadline for Ukraine?” Kilmeade asked.
“Well, we have, you know, I’ve had a lot of deadlines, but if things are working well, you tend to extend the deadlines,” Trump responded. “But Thursday is, we think, an appropriate time.”
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