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<\/p>\nThe United States has a new proposal to end Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine that entails Kyiv giving up territory and some weaponry and has signalled to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy he must accept it, according to several news reports.<\/p>\n
Citing unnamed sources familiar with the draft, several publications reported on Wednesday that the framework was drawn up in consultation with Russian officials.<\/p>\n
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Russia, meanwhile, denied the existence of any new peace plan.<\/p>\n
News of the proposal, which comes ahead of a scheduled meeting between Zelenskyy and US military officials in Kyiv on Thursday, would be a blow to Ukraine as it continues to lose territory in its east and has urgently called on allies for greater military support.<\/p>\n
The Financial Times quoted an unidentified official as saying the proposal is \u201cheavily tilted towards Russia\u201d and \u201cvery comfortable for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian officials briefed on the plan told the newspaper its requirements closely tracked with Russian demands for ending the conflict, and would be a \u201cnon-starter\u201d for Kyiv without major changes.<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy said the administration of US President Donald Trump must \u201cremain effective\u201d in order to bring the nearly four-year war with Russia to an end.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main thing for stopping the bloodshed and achieving lasting peace is that we work in coordination with all our partners and that American leadership remains effective, strong,\u201d Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n
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Territory ceded, military downsized<\/p>\n
The Financial Times, citing two people familiar with the talks, said the 28-point plan was delivered by US envoy Steve Witkoff in a meeting with Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine\u2019s National Security and Defence Council, in Miami, Florida in the US this week.<\/p>\n
Under the proposal, Ukraine would be required to cede the remainder of the eastern region of Donbas<\/a>, including territory under Kyiv\u2019s control, and cut the size of its armed forces by half, it said.<\/p>\n Reuters news agency, citing sources informed on the matter, also reported the proposal would include cutting the size of Ukraine\u2019s military.<\/p>\n The proposed framework would require Kyiv to abandon certain categories of weaponry, the Times said, and would see US military assistance to the country rolled back.<\/p>\n Among other requirements of the plan, Russian would be recognised as an official state language in Ukraine, while official status would be granted to the Ukrainian division of the Russian Orthodox Church, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n Russia said contacts with the US continue, but there are no new developments to announce on a possible peace plan to end the conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n In an interview with Russian state news agency TASS, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that while Moscow has followed numerous publications \u201cdescribing various processes\u201d, such reports should be assessed based on official communication rather than media narratives.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are official channels in the United States for resolving these issues, discussing them, and negotiating processes. These channels must be utilized,\u201d Zakharova said.\u00a0\u201cThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not received any information from the American side in this context.\u201d<\/p>\n No direct talks have taken place between Kyiv and Moscow since a meeting in Istanbul, Turkiye in July that failed to yield a breakthrough, although it resulted in prisoner of war (POW) exchanges between the countries.<\/p>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/reuters_69174ef7-1763135223.jpg\")
An investigator surveys an apartment destroyed during a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine [Thomas Peter\/Reuters]Prisoner exchanges in the works<\/p>\n