US and Ukraine draft new 19-point peace plan
The United States and Ukraine have drawn up a new 19-point peace proposal, although the most politically sensitive issues have been left for the countries’ presidents to resolve. Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign minister, Sergiy Kyslytsya, outlined the development in comments to the Financial Times.
Washington had previously pressed Kyiv to accept a 28-point framework drafted by US and Russian officials, but that proposal crossed several of Ukraine’s red lines.
According to Kyslytsya, who took part in Sunday’s high-level talks in Geneva, the meeting was an “intensive but productive” effort that produced a substantially revised draft regarded “positively” by both sides.
Agreement on multiple issues
After hours of difficult negotiations, the US and Ukrainian delegations reached agreement on multiple issues. However, the most contentious matters, including questions of territory and the broader relationship between NATO, Russia and the US, were placed in brackets for presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky to decide directly.
Ukrainian officials stressed that they were “not authorised” to make territorial concessions, particularly the ceding of land included in earlier drafts. Under Ukraine’s constitution, any such decision would require a national referendum.
"Very little of the original version remains"
Kyslytsya said the new draft bore little resemblance to the earlier leaked proposal that caused uproar in Kyiv. “Very little of the original version remains,” he said. “We have developed a solid basis for agreement and identified a few areas where compromise might be possible. For the rest, decisions must come from the leaders.”
Both delegations will now take the revised documents back to Washington and Kyiv to brief their presidents. According to Kyslytsya, the Trump administration will then reach out to Moscow to continue the negotiations.
The Kremlin has already said that the European counterproposals to the US 28-point plan for lasting peace in Ukraine are "not constructive" and simply unacceptable to Moscow.
Ukraine's presidential office chief of staff Andriy Yermak (2nd R), with deputy Foreign minister Sergiy Kyslytsya (R) and deputy chief of Defence Intelligence Vadym Skibitskyi (2nd L) during discussions on a US plan to end the war in Ukraine at the US Mission in Geneva, 23 November 2025 © PHOTO FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP
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