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 in addition consists of NATO-style safety ensures for Ukraine, in keeping with 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 under)
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 outdoors 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 scale 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 might be painful for the war-torn nation to swallow.
Though the Trump administration plan requires important concessions from Ukraine, one of many safety ensures that might be offered to Ukraine is modeled on the rules of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. Below the proposed plan, the U.S. and European allies would view an assault on Ukraine as an assault on the “transatlantic neighborhood,” in keeping with 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 in the course of the America Enterprise Discussion board at Kaseya Heart 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 type of safety ensures is a NATO-style safety assure, which implies the U.S. and its allies may 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 stated.
“This plan was drawn up instantly following discussions with one of the senior members of President Zelensky’s administration, Rustem Umerov, who agreed to nearly all of the plan, after making a number of modifications, and introduced it to President Zelensky,” the senior U.S. administration official stated 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 stated in a press release offered to ABC Information that the plan displays the advanced state of affairs and that each Russia and Ukraine will acquire greater than they may give.
“Because the Trump Administration has clearly stated, any deal should present full safety ensures and deterrence for Ukraine, Europe, and Russia to make sure the tip of the battle, along with monetary alternatives for Ukraine to rebuild, and for Russia to rejoin the worldwide financial system, to learn the folks in each nations,” Leavitt stated within the assertion. “This plan was crafted to mirror the realities of the state of affairs…to seek out the most effective win-win situation, the place each events acquire greater than they have to give.”
In his night tackle on Thursday, Zelenskyy stated he had a “very critical dialog” with U.S. officers who laid out what he referred to 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 stated in his tackle. “We is not going to make harsh statements and are dedicated to clear, trustworthy work – Ukraine, the US and our pals and companions in Europe and the world.”
The total plan, in keeping with a draft obtained by ABC Information:
1. Ukraine’s sovereignty might be confirmed.
2. A complete non-aggression settlement might be concluded between Russia, Ukraine and Europe. All ambiguities of the final 30 years might be thought of settled.
3. It’s anticipated that Russia is not going to invade neighboring nations and NATO is not going to increase additional.
4. A dialogue might be held between Russia and NATO, mediated by the US, to resolve all safety points and create situations for de-escalation to be able to guarantee international safety and enhance alternatives for cooperation and future financial growth.
5. Ukraine will obtain dependable safety ensures.
6. The dimensions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces might be restricted to 600,000 personnel.
7. Ukraine agrees to enshrine in its structure that it’ll not be a part of NATO, and NATO agrees to incorporate in its statutes a provision that Ukraine is not going to be admitted sooner or later.
8. NATO agrees to not station troops in Ukraine.
9. European fighter jets might 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 might be reinstated, recognition of the brand new territory and all different advantages of this deal might be revoked;
— If Ukraine launches a missile at Moscow or St. Petersburg with out trigger, the safety assure might be deemed invalid.
11. Ukraine is eligible for EU membership and can obtain short-term preferential entry to the European market whereas this problem is being thought of.
12. A strong international package deal of measures to rebuild Ukraine, together with however not restricted to:
— The creation of a Ukraine Growth Fund to put money into fast-growing industries, together with know-how, information facilities, and synthetic intelligence.
— The USA will cooperate with Ukraine to collectively rebuild, develop, modernize, and function Ukraine’s fuel infrastructure, together with pipelines and storage services.
— Joint efforts to rehabilitate war-affected areas for the restoration, reconstruction and modernization of cities and residential areas.
— Infrastructure growth.
— Extraction of minerals and pure assets.
— The World Financial institution will develop a particular financing package deal to speed up these efforts.
13. Russia might be reintegrated into the worldwide financial system:
— The lifting of sanctions might be mentioned and agreed upon in phases and on a case-by-case foundation.
— The USA will enter right into a long-term financial cooperation settlement for mutual growth within the areas of vitality, pure assets, infrastructure, synthetic intelligence, information facilities, uncommon earth metallic extraction initiatives within the Arctic, and different mutually helpful company alternatives.
— Russia might be invited to rejoin the G8.
14. Frozen funds might be used as follows:
— $100 billion in frozen Russian property might be invested in US-led efforts to rebuild and put money into Ukraine;
— The US will obtain 50% of the earnings from this enterprise. Europe will add $100 billion to extend the quantity of funding accessible for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Frozen European funds might be unfrozen. The rest of the frozen Russian funds might be invested in a separate US-Russian funding automobile that may implement joint initiatives in particular areas. This fund might be aimed 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 might be established to advertise and guarantee compliance with all provisions of this settlement.
16. Russia will enshrine in regulation its coverage of non-aggression in direction of Europe and Ukraine.
17. The USA 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 might be launched underneath the supervision of the IAEA, and the electrical energy produced might be distributed equally between Russia and Ukraine — 50:50.
20. Each nations undertake to implement instructional packages in faculties and society aimed 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 comply with 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 might be acknowledged as de facto Russian, together with by the US.
— Kherson and Zaporizhzhia might 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 outdoors the 5 areas.
— Ukrainian forces will withdraw from the a part of Donetsk Oblast that they at present management, and this withdrawal zone might be thought of a impartial demilitarized buffer zone, internationally acknowledged as territory belonging to the Russian Federation. Russian forces is not going to 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 is not going to apply within the occasion of a breach of this dedication.
23. Russia is not going to forestall Ukraine from utilizing the Dnieper River for business actions, and agreements might be reached on the free transport of grain throughout the Black Sea.
24. A humanitarian committee might be established to resolve excellent points:
— All remaining prisoners and our bodies might be exchanged on an ‘all for all’ foundation.
— All civilian detainees and hostages might be returned, together with youngsters.
— A household reunification program might be carried out.
— Measures might 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 in the course of the battle and agree to not make any claims or take into account any complaints sooner or later.
27. This settlement might be legally binding. Its implementation might be monitored and assured by the Peace Council, headed by President Donald J. Trump. Sanctions might be imposed for violations.
28. As soon as all events comply with this memorandum, the ceasefire will take impact instantly after each side retreat to agreed factors to start implementation of the settlement.
