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Zelensky Unveils Revised U.S.-Backed 20-Point Plan to Freeze Ukraine Front as Kremlin Reviews Proposal

Moscow is preparing a formal reply after receiving Kyiv’s U.S.-negotiated text.

Overview

  • The draft sets the current line of troop deployment as the de facto contact line and creates working groups to map redeployments and consider demilitarized or “economic special” zones.
  • The revised text drops earlier demands for Ukraine to legally forswear NATO membership and to withdraw immediately from parts of Donetsk, leaving territorial questions unresolved.
  • A proposal to place the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant under joint operation by Ukraine, the United States and Russia is included, which Zelensky calls inappropriate and unrealistic for Ukraine.
  • The plan calls for a presidential election in Ukraine as soon as possible after a peace deal is signed and requires any withdrawal of Ukrainian forces to be approved by referendum following a 60‑day ceasefire.
  • Security guarantees modeled on Article 5 and major reconstruction financing, including a target $200 billion fund and World Bank support, are outlined along with oversight by a proposed Council of Peace chaired by President Trump.