Reuters reports that the U.S. peace plan for Ukraine, handed to President Zelensky and containing 28 points, was derived from a Russian document sent to former President Trump in October, according to three unnamed sources.
Reuters: Ukraine peace plan based on Russian document
Reuters says the 28‑point plan delivered to Ukraine’s President is based on a Russian article submitted to the Trump administration in October. Three sources familiar with the case confirmed this. The Russians provided the document to Americans after President Trump met President Zelensky in Washington. The version incorporates concessions previously tabled by the Russian government, including options that Ukraine rejected, chiefly concerning the transfer of large portions of eastern territory. The U.S. State Department, and the Russian and Ukrainian embassies in Washington, declined to comment on the matter.
Two secret points of the peace plan
Christo Grozev, a journalist for Der Spiegel and The Insider, disclosed that he had seen a preliminary proposal six months earlier, which outlined 30 points. In a post on X he listed what he believed was missing from the recently published draft: incentives that would supposedly rescue a war‑torn Russia from an impending recession, aimed at convincing Trump, and a proposal for a new Russia‑U.S. alliance to counter China.
Peace plan for Ukraine
Washington indicated that the plan must receive approval by 27 November. It contains 28 items, including the recognition of Crimea, the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts as de‑facto Russian, and the Chernihiv–Zaporozhye line as a contact zone. Russia would relinquish all territories it currently controls aside from the five mentioned regions. Ukrainian forces would withdraw from parts of Donetsk they now control, with the withdrawal zone becoming a neutral, demilitarised buffer. The document also calls for the reduction of Ukraine’s military from 900,000 to 600,000 personnel.
