Ukraine Lays Out 'Red Lines' as Trump's Ru...

Ukraine agreed to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan, the full draft text of which has now emerged, but made clear its "red lines" to the United Nations Security Council—including no recognition of Ukrainian territory as Russian and no limits on Kyiv's armed forces.

What To Know

Full text of Trump administration's 28-point draft peace plan to end Russia-Ukraine war revealed.
Proposals include U.S. recognition of occupied territories as Russian, 600,000 troop limit on size of Ukraine's army.
Trump draft plan also contains security guarantees for Ukraine, no NATO expansion, natural resource deals.
Russia expected not to invade neighboring countries, enshrine non-aggression policy against Europe, Ukraine into law.
Ukraine "will not accept any limits on its right to self-defense or on the size and capabilities of our armed forces."
White House, off the back of Gaza breakthrough, is eyeing Russia-Ukraine peace by the end of 2025.
U.S. now consulting European allies after leaving them out of initial talks in drawing up draft peace plan.
Russia expressed optimism about plan, saying Moscow felt its concerns were being heard.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to discuss proposals.
Zelensky: "We are ready for constructive, honest and swift work."

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Nov 21, 2025 at 05:05 AM EST

European leaders holding urgent call on Trump peace plan for Ukraine: Report

The leaders of European allies, left out in the cold from the initial U.S. efforts to put together a new 28-point draft peace plan, are due to hold an urgent call on Friday to discuss President Donald Trump's proposals, which currently have the tentative support of Russia.

According to Bloomberg, citing an unnamed German official, Chancellor Friedrich Merz canceled plans to visit a school in Berlin to be on the call, which is to formulate a European response to the U.S. draft plan.

Nov 21, 2025 at 04:43 AM EST

Map: Russia’s Donbas demand, territorial control in eastern Ukraine

This map from Newsweek's John Feng shows the territory in eastern Ukraine currently occupied by Russian forces, and the Donbas region—Kyiv's industrial heartlands, two key fortress cities within which its forces still control—that Moscow is demanding Ukraine fully cede to it in exchange for ending the ongoing war.

Nov 21, 2025 at 04:38 AM EST

Ukraine tells UN: These are our unwavering red lines for peace with Russia

Ukraine’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Khrystyna Hayovyshyn, addressed a session of the United Nations Security Council about the Trump plan on Thursday—and said Kyiv's "red lines are clear and unwavering".

"We are ready, as before, to work constructively with the American side as well as our European partners and around the world so the outcome is peace," Hayovyshyn said.

"Ukraine has officially received from the American side a draft plan. We outline the fundamental principles that matter to our people. We agree to work on the plans provisions in a way that would bring about a just end of the war. In this context, allow me to make several critical points.

"First, while Ukraine stands ready to engage in meaningful negotiations to end this war, including at the leaders level, our red lines are clear and unwavering. There will never be any recognition, formal or otherwise, of Ukrainian territory temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation as Russian. Our land is not for sale.

"Ukraine will not accept any limits on its right to self-defense or on the size and capabilities of our armed forces. Nor will we tolerate any infringement on our sovereignty, including our sovereign right to choose the alliances we want to join.

"Any genuine peace process must respect the fundamental 'nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, and nothing about Europe without Europe'. And let me be equally clear: We will not reward the genocidal intent that underpins Russian aggression by undermining our identity, including our language.

"Second, support for Ukraine is indispensable. Peace requires strengthened security and sustained financial assistance to Ukraine. Reinforcing Ukraine's defensive capabilities is not an escalation. It is the only path to compelling Russia to engage constructively in international peace efforts."

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