Overview
- Kyiv signals readiness to withdraw from Ukrainian‑held areas of Donetsk and convert them into a demilitarized zone if Russia makes equivalent pullbacks.
- The draft recognizes current deployments in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as a de facto contact line and envisions international forces to monitor compliance after reciprocal redeployments.
- Security guarantees modeled on NATO’s Article 5 would trigger a coordinated military response and restored global sanctions if Russia attacks again.
- Control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant remains a sticking point, with a reported joint Ukraine–U.S.–Russia management plan that Kyiv disputes.
- The proposal pairs an EU accession timetable and a $200 billion reconstruction drive with enforcement by a Peace Council chaired by President Trump, while the Kremlin has stayed silent as reporting characterizes its likely reaction as negative.