US Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg said a proposed framework agreement between Kyiv and Moscow is nearing completion, describing the 28-point document as “a good plan” that could soon be ready for leaders to sign, though major uncertainties remain.
In an interview with Fox News, Kellogg stressed that the draft deal is not final but “exists to reach a conclusion,” adding that Washington believes both sides can be pushed toward agreement.
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“I think we can get the Ukrainians there, and later the Russians,” Kellogg said. “It’s a good plan. There are things that need to be clearly codified and explained in more detail, but we’re almost there.”
He also highlighted the inclusion of elections as one of the conditions meant to “reassure Ukrainians and the free world.”
For now, he said, the document remains a working draft that US officials hope to refine in the coming week.
“I think we have a chance to finalize it,” he said.
“We have to add supporting documents, probably an appendix — these will be security guarantees.”
Kellogg stressed that Washington is determined not to repeat past failures, referencing the Budapest Memorandum and the Minsk accords. He said the administration aims to ensure that any final deal contains binding guarantees that prevent a repeat of those outcomes.
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“If we can get to the final result with these 28 points of the plan, we will be in a good position,” Kellogg added.
“It’s a good plan. There are parts that need to be formalized and clarified, but we’re close.”
Kellogg said the proposed US-Russian framework agreement requires Ukraine to hold national elections within 100 days, calling the provision essential for reassuring both Ukrainians and the international community.
“From what I’ve been told, it could be done in about 90 days, though it will be an interesting process. Elections are necessary to reassure the people and the free world as well.”
The US-backed proposal would require Ukraine to accept Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk as effectively under Russian control, hold snap elections within 100 days, cut the size of its armed forces, and abandon its NATO bid – all while sanctions on Moscow are gradually lifted.
The Trump administration has given Ukraine a Thanksgiving ultimatum – agree to the framework by Thursday or face consequences that have not been spelled out but have been repeatedly hinted at.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump said, “will have to come to terms” with a 28-point “peace” plan that critics across Washington and Kyiv say bears Moscow’s fingerprints.
“Thursday is it – we think an appropriate time,” he said, speaking at the Oval Office on Friday
US officials have privately warned Kyiv that refusing to engage could affect military and intelligence support.
Zelensky, following an hour-long phone conversation with US Vice President JD Vance and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll on Friday, said that Kyiv would work “together with America and Europe” to strike a peace deal.
In a national address, he warned that the country is entering “one of the most difficult moments” of the war and vowed to present alternative terms to Washington.
Zelensky and several European leaders are now racing to revise key elements of a US peace proposal ahead of a Nov. 27 deadline, hoping to make the plan more acceptable to Kyiv.