Trump’s Ukraine ā€˜Peace Plan’: Sign Here, Russia, and Maybe Putin Too

KEY POINTS

  • •In November 2025, Dan Driscoll formally gave Zelensky a 28-point peace proposal from the Trump administration.
  • •The plan guarantees Ukraine security via a NATO-style Article 5 clause involving the US, EU, NATO, and Russia’s signatures.
  • •Zelensky must concede more territory than Russia occupies with promised sanctions relief and war crimes amnesty for Russia.
  • •The security guarantee lasts 10 years, requires mutual consent to renew, and includes military and diplomatic responses.

President Trump’s 28-point Ukraine peace plan, presented by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to Zelensky on a chilly Thursday in November 2025, includes a security guarantee ripped straight from NATO’s Article 5—but with a horror plot twist. The US, EU, NATO, Ukraine, and Russia (yes, Russia) all get signature lines on this diplomatic baptism certificate requiring Russia to cross an armistice line into Ukraine before Washington braces for war. Zelensky is tasked with handing over more territory than Russia currently holds and shaking hands with Russia sans sanctions and with war crime amnesty as an expensive ā€˜peace treat.’ Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy and apparently the lead scriptwriter, managed the drama weekend talks while the senior White House officials cheer this as a ā€œbig winā€ for Ukraine’s security. All this while pledging fewer Ukrainian troops than today but defending them with potentially troops-on-the-ground-no way. It’s peace talks or diplomatic Russian roulette.

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Source: Axios | Published: 11/21/2025 | Author: Barak Ravid