The plan was conveyed to Kyiv this week by US president Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, who met the current secretary of the national security and defence council of Ukraine and former defence minister, Rustem Umerov, in Miami to go over its 28 points, two people familiar with the talks said. One of the people said it would amount to Ukraine giving up its sovereignty if Kyiv accepted the plan and called the effort a Russian attempt to “play” the Trump administration, which they added was eager to “show progress” on a deal. According to people with knowledge of a document about the draft plan, it would require Ukraine to cede the remainder of the eastern Donbas region – including land currently under Kyiv’s control – and cut the size of its armed forces by half.
Author: Christopher Miller and Anastasia Stognei
Published at: 2025-11-19 23:25:38
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