The Trump administration’s 28-point draft proposal to lastly finish Russia’s invasion into Ukraine would require Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s authorities to make important concessions — but additionally contains NATO-style safety ensures for Ukraine, based on a senior U.S. official.
The plan, which remains to be a draft and will change, was introduced in Kyiv earlier Thursday. (See the complete draft beneath)
The plan was drafted by Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff with enter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the White Home press secretary and a senior U.S. administration official confirmed Thursday.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky exterior the West Wing of the White Home on October 17, 2025, in Washington, DC. President Trump, contemporary off a ceasefire settlement between Israel and Hamas, is internet hosting President Zelensky for a bilateral lunch within the Cupboard Room in hopes of advancing a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
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The plan would power Kyiv to surrender further territory within the east, cap the dimensions of its army and agree it is going to by no means be a part of NATO, amongst quite a lot of different objects that can be painful for the war-torn nation to swallow.
Although the Trump administration plan requires important concessions from Ukraine, one of many safety ensures that can be offered to Ukraine is modeled on the ideas of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. Underneath the proposed plan, the U.S. and European allies would view an assault on Ukraine as an assault on the “transatlantic neighborhood,” based on a senior U.S. administration official.
Axios first reported particulars of the draft plan.
Steve Witkoff, U.S. Particular Envoy to the Center East, speaks throughout the America Enterprise Discussion board at Kaseya Middle in Miami, Florida, U.S. November 6, 2025.
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Formally, the 28-point peace plan notes that “Ukraine will obtain dependable safety ensures.”
The senior official confirmed that a kind of safety ensures is a NATO-style safety assure, which suggests the U.S. and its allies might reply with army power if Russia assaults Ukraine sooner or later.
That could possibly be seen as an enormous, unprecedented win for Ukraine and Zelenskyy, who has, for years, sought long-term, collective protection safety from NATO allies.
The plan was introduced to Zelenskky on Thursday, the U.S. official mentioned.
“This plan was drawn up instantly following discussions with one of the crucial senior members of President Zelensky’s administration, Rustem Umerov, who agreed to the vast majority of the plan, after making a number of modifications, and introduced it to President Zelensky,” the senior U.S. administration official mentioned to ABC Information.
US President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) within the Cupboard Room of the White Home in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2025.
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White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned in a press release offered to ABC Information that the plan displays the complicated state of affairs and that each Russia and Ukraine will achieve greater than they are going to give.
“Because the Trump Administration has clearly mentioned, any deal should present full safety ensures and deterrence for Ukraine, Europe, and Russia to make sure the top of the battle, along with monetary alternatives for Ukraine to rebuild, and for Russia to rejoin the worldwide financial system, to profit the individuals in each nations,” Leavitt mentioned within the assertion. “This plan was crafted to mirror the realities of the state of affairs…to search out the most effective win-win state of affairs, the place each events achieve greater than they have to give.”
In his night deal with on Thursday, Zelenskyy mentioned he had a “very severe dialog” with U.S. officers who laid out what he known as a “imaginative and prescient” for ending the battle.
In his remarks, Zelenskyy reiterated that Ukraine wants an actual peace that will not be damaged.
“I outlined what’s basically vital for us. And we agreed that the groups will work on these proposals – in order that it’s actual,” Zelenkskyy mentioned in his deal with. “We won’t make harsh statements and are dedicated to clear, trustworthy work – Ukraine, america and our pals and companions in Europe and the world.”
The total plan, based on a draft obtained by ABC Information:
1. Ukraine’s sovereignty can be confirmed.
2. A complete non-aggression settlement can be concluded between Russia, Ukraine and Europe. All ambiguities of the final 30 years can be thought-about settled.
3. It’s anticipated that Russia won’t invade neighboring nations and NATO won’t broaden additional.
4. A dialogue can be held between Russia and NATO, mediated by america, to resolve all safety points and create circumstances for de-escalation as a way to guarantee international safety and enhance alternatives for cooperation and future financial improvement.
5. Ukraine will obtain dependable safety ensures.
6. The dimensions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces can be restricted to 600,000 personnel.
7. Ukraine agrees to enshrine in its structure that it’s going to not be a part of NATO, and NATO agrees to incorporate in its statutes a provision that Ukraine won’t be admitted sooner or later.
8. NATO agrees to not station troops in Ukraine.
9. European fighter jets can be stationed in Poland.
10. The U.S. assure:
— The U.S. will obtain compensation for the assure;
— If Ukraine invades Russia, it is going to lose the assure;
— If Russia invades Ukraine, along with a decisive coordinated army response, all international sanctions can be reinstated, recognition of the brand new territory and all different advantages of this deal can be revoked;
— If Ukraine launches a missile at Moscow or St. Petersburg with out trigger, the safety assure can be deemed invalid.
11. Ukraine is eligible for EU membership and can obtain short-term preferential entry to the European market whereas this subject is being thought-about.
12. A robust international package deal of measures to rebuild Ukraine, together with however not restricted to:
— The creation of a Ukraine Growth Fund to spend money on fast-growing industries, together with know-how, knowledge facilities, and synthetic intelligence.
— The US will cooperate with Ukraine to collectively rebuild, develop, modernize, and function Ukraine’s gasoline infrastructure, together with pipelines and storage amenities.
— Joint efforts to rehabilitate war-affected areas for the restoration, reconstruction and modernization of cities and residential areas.
— Infrastructure improvement.
— Extraction of minerals and pure assets.
— The World Financial institution will develop a particular financing package deal to speed up these efforts.
13. Russia can be reintegrated into the worldwide financial system:
— The lifting of sanctions can be mentioned and agreed upon in phases and on a case-by-case foundation.
— The US will enter right into a long-term financial cooperation settlement for mutual improvement within the areas of vitality, pure assets, infrastructure, synthetic intelligence, knowledge facilities, uncommon earth metallic extraction tasks within the Arctic, and different mutually helpful company alternatives.
— Russia can be invited to rejoin the G8.
14. Frozen funds can be used as follows:
— $100 billion in frozen Russian belongings can be invested in US-led efforts to rebuild and spend money on Ukraine;
— The US will obtain 50% of the income from this enterprise. Europe will add $100 billion to extend the quantity of funding obtainable for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Frozen European funds can be unfrozen. The rest of the frozen Russian funds can be invested in a separate US-Russian funding automobile that can implement joint tasks in particular areas. This fund can be geared toward strengthening relations and growing widespread pursuits to create a powerful incentive to not return to battle.
15. A joint American-Russian working group on safety points can be established to advertise and guarantee compliance with all provisions of this settlement.
16. Russia will enshrine in legislation its coverage of non-aggression in direction of Europe and Ukraine.
17. The US and Russia will agree to increase the validity of treaties on the non-proliferation and management of nuclear weapons, together with the START I Treaty.
18. Ukraine agrees to be a non-nuclear state in accordance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
19. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant can be launched below the supervision of the IAEA, and the electrical energy produced can be distributed equally between Russia and Ukraine — 50:50.
20. Each nations undertake to implement academic applications in faculties and society geared toward selling understanding and tolerance of various cultures and eliminating racism and prejudice:
— Ukraine will undertake EU guidelines on non secular tolerance and the safety of linguistic minorities.
— Each nations will conform to abolish all discriminatory measures and assure the rights of Ukrainian and Russian media and schooling.
— All Nazi ideology and actions have to be rejected and prohibited.
21. Territories:
— Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk can be acknowledged as de facto Russian, together with by america.
— Kherson and Zaporizhzhia can be frozen alongside the road of contact, which can imply de facto recognition alongside the road of contact.
— Russia will relinquish different agreed territories it controls exterior the 5 areas.
— Ukrainian forces will withdraw from the a part of Donetsk Oblast that they at present management, and this withdrawal zone can be thought-about a impartial demilitarized buffer zone, internationally acknowledged as territory belonging to the Russian Federation. Russian forces won’t enter this demilitarized zone.
22. After agreeing on future territorial preparations, each the Russian Federation and Ukraine undertake to not change these preparations by power. Any safety ensures won’t apply within the occasion of a breach of this dedication.
23. Russia won’t stop Ukraine from utilizing the Dnieper River for business actions, and agreements can be reached on the free transport of grain throughout the Black Sea.
24. A humanitarian committee can be established to resolve excellent points:
— All remaining prisoners and our bodies can be exchanged on an ‘all for all’ foundation.
— All civilian detainees and hostages can be returned, together with youngsters.
— A household reunification program can be carried out.
— Measures can be taken to alleviate the struggling of the victims of the battle.
25. Ukraine will maintain elections in 100 days.
26. All events concerned on this battle will obtain full amnesty for his or her actions throughout the battle and agree to not make any claims or contemplate any complaints sooner or later.
27. This settlement can be legally binding. Its implementation can be monitored and assured by the Peace Council, headed by President Donald J. Trump. Sanctions can be imposed for violations.
28. As soon as all events conform to this memorandum, the ceasefire will take impact instantly after either side retreat to agreed factors to start implementation of the settlement.
