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Zelensky Unveils U.S.-Backed 20-Point Peace Draft, Awaits Russian Response

Kyiv expects a Kremlin reply after U.S.–Russia consultations.

Overview

  • The draft would freeze fighting along current lines, create demilitarized zones, and deploy international monitoring with a working group to coordinate troop redeployments.
  • Ukraine would receive Article 5–style security guarantees while maintaining a peacetime force of about 800,000 soldiers under a legally binding pact with sanctions for violations.
  • Control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and territorial arrangements in the Donbass remain the main sticking points, with options ranging from a frozen contact line to a special economic zone ratified by referendum.
  • The plan pairs a path toward EU membership and accelerated U.S. trade talks with a reconstruction push aiming to mobilize roughly $800 billion and an oversight Peace Council chaired by President Trump.
  • After Florida talks with U.S. envoys, Moscow says it will formulate its position privately, and Zelensky seeks a meeting with President Trump to resolve the toughest issues, with Ukrainian elections to follow any signed accord.