The first draft of the U.S. peace plan required Ukraine to reduce the size of its military by almost a third, abandon ambitions to join NATO and give up and demilitarize territory in Donetsk that Russia has failed to seize despite 11 years of war. In any peace agreement, we have to put the focus on how to get concessions from Russian side, that they stop aggression for good and do not try to change borders by force. In addition to Witkoff's travel to Russia next week, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll will continue to speak to the Ukrainians after he returned to the U.S. today.
Author: Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev
Published at: 2025-11-26 23:40:38
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