{"id":274935,"date":"2025-11-21T06:34:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/274935\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:34:06","slug":"ukraine-banned-from-nato-russia-readmitted-to-the-g8-and-territory-ceded-whats-in-trumps-draft-plan-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/274935\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what\u2019s in Trump\u2019s draft plan | Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump\u2019s latest plan for ending the war in Ukraine would see territory ceded to Russia, Russia readmitted to the G8 and Ukraine banned from joining Nato, according to drafts of the proposal seen by Axios, AFP and the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he expected to discuss the plan with Trump \u201cin coming days,\u201d adding any deal must bring a \u201cdignified peace\u201d with \u201crespect for our independence, our sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cautious response from Ukraine\u2019s presidential administration stood in contrast to the outrage<\/a> at the plan from some Ukrainian officials who called it \u201cabsurd\u201d \u201ccapitulation\u201d and the effective end of its existence as an independent country<\/p>\n

The plan appears to repeat Moscow\u2019s maximalist demands and violate numerous Ukrainian red lines and would require an about-turn from Zelenskyy, who has said giving up territory would be unacceptable. It would also probably be deemed unacceptable by Ukraine\u2019s European allies, who have long insisted that they should be given a role in the peace talks given the broader implications of the settlement for the continent\u2019s security, particularly on Nato\u2019s eastern flank.<\/p>\n

The plan was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials, including the influential head of Russia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund, Kirill Dmitriev, who has been involved in previous talks on Ukraine and is known to be in touch with the US special envoy Steve Witkoff.<\/p>\n

On Thursday White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, \u201cthe president supports this plan. It\u2019s a good plan for both Russia and Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Witkoff and US secretary of state Marco Rubio had been \u201cquietly\u201d working on the plan with both Russia and Ukraine for around a month, Leavitt said. She rejected concerns that the plan echoes many of Moscow\u2019s maximalist demands.<\/p>\n

So what is in the 28-point plan?<\/p>\n

Territory<\/p>\n

Ukraine would give up the Donbas region to Russia, according to the draft seen by a number of outlets, which corresponds to Moscow\u2019s previous demands.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrimea, Luhansk and Donetsk will be recognised as de facto Russian, including by the United States,\u201d the plan reads. Kyiv still partly holds Luhansk and Donetsk, which together make up the Donbas industrial belt on the frontline of the war. Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014.<\/p>\n

Areas from which Ukraine has withdrawn in Donetsk would be deemed a demilitarised zone which Russian forces will not enter, according to the plan.<\/p>\n

Ukraine map<\/a><\/p>\n

The southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia \u2013 which Russia falsely claims to have annexed \u2013 will be \u201cfrozen along the line of contact,\u201d it said. The plan for Donbas, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia corresponds to Moscow\u2019s previous demands.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, occupied by Russian forces since March 2022, would be supervised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the electricity it produces be shared between Russia and Ukraine, the plan reportedly says.<\/p>\n

Security<\/p>\n

The US-backed plan calls for Ukraine to reduce its army to 600,000 personnel, according to the draft seen by multiple outlets, a reduction of hundreds of thousands compared to its current size.<\/p>\n

Nato would agree not to station troops in Ukraine \u2013 dashing Kyiv\u2019s hopes for a European peacekeeping force \u2013 and the country would be barred from joining Nato. That fits with previous Russian demands that have been made public and goes against Ukraine\u2019s previous demands.<\/p>\n

Ukraine would receive \u201creliable security guarantees,\u201d the plan says without specifying. But European jets would be stationed in neighbouring Poland.<\/p>\n

Diplomacy<\/p>\n

Under the proposed deal, Russia would be \u201creintegrated into the global economy\u201d after nearly four years of tough sanctions and be allowed back into the G8.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is expected that Russia will not invade neighboring countries and NATO will not expand further,\u201d the document says, according to multiple media outlets.<\/p>\n

But all sanctions would snap back if Russia invades Ukraine again \u2013 \u201cin addition to a decisive coordinated military response.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, $100bn in frozen Russian assets would be dedicated to rebuilding Ukraine, but others would be invested in a separate US-Russian investment fund \u201caimed at strengthening relations and increasing common interests to create a strong incentive not to return to conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plan states that Ukraine would hold elections within 100 days, and both Ukraine and Russia would implement \u201ceducational programs in schools and society aimed at promoting understanding and tolerance of different cultures and eliminating racism and prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump\u2019s latest plan for ending the war in Ukraine would see territory ceded to Russia, Russia readmitted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-274935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}