Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky has received the U.S. plan and says Ukraine will engage, but he is seeking changes and aligning positions with France, the U.K., and Germany.
- President Donald Trump publicly set Nov. 27 as the target date for a response, and U.S. officials delivered the draft in Kyiv, with consultations between Ukrainian and American teams planned in Switzerland in the coming days.
- The draft, reported in detail by multiple outlets, would recognize Russian control of Crimea and much of Donetsk and Luhansk, split Kherson and Zaporizhzhia along current lines, cap Ukraine’s forces at about 600,000, bar NATO troop deployments, and link security pledges and reconstruction funds to compliance.
- European leaders call the document a negotiable basis that needs significant revisions, stressing that borders cannot be changed by force and that any limits affecting the EU or NATO require allied consent.
- The Kremlin says no formal consultations are underway; Vladimir Putin describes the paper as a possible basis for talks while Russian forces keep up pressure on the front.