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Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio talk to the press at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva, Nov. 23, 2025.

Trump’s Ukraine plan: Peace on the horizon?

Irina Malkova
Irina Malkova

Hello! This week we, like everybody else, have our attention fixed on just one question: Could Donald Trump’s controversial peace plan lead to an end of the war?

Does Trump’s Russia-friendly peace plan stand a chance?

Once again, Donald Trump has done a 180-degree turn on Ukraine, proposing a new peace plan which, typical for his administration, is being rushed forward in record time. The leaked proposal appears, if not openly pro-Russian, then seriously disadvantageous to Ukraine, with some of the provisions completely unacceptable to Kyiv. That said, if Ukraine manages to secure concessions on some areas, the plan could theoretically be a starting point for the most serious discussion on ending the war since the very start of Russia’s invasion.

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