Mỹ gửi kế hoạch hòa bình mới cho Ukraine

Washington has handed Kiev a draft of a new plan to end the conflict, affirming that this option is beneficial for both Ukraine and Russia.

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said on November 20 that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff have been quietly preparing a peace plan for the Ukraine conflict over the past month.

"The plan is still being developed and adjusted, but it has received support from President Donald Trump. This is a good plan for both Russia and Ukraine, and we believe it could be accepted by both sides," she said.

The official emphasized that the U.S. is working very hard, maintaining positive exchanges with Russia and Ukraine to "understand what they would commit to." Leavitt refused to reveal the detailed contents of the plan but denied reports suggesting that the terms in the document would be disadvantageous to Ukraine.

President Trump (left) and President Zelensky at the White House last October. Photo: AFP

The Office of the President of Ukraine later confirmed that Volodymyr Zelensky had received the draft plan from the U.S. "We are ready to cooperate constructively with the United States, as well as our partners in Europe and around the world, to achieve peace," the Office of the President of Ukraine said. After a meeting in Kiev with the two top U.S. Army leaders, Ukrainian officials also agreed to continue discussions on the points in the plan. President Zelensky is expected to have a phone call with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in the coming days.

Russia has not commented on the information.

Earlier, U.S. media reported that this peace plan consists of 28 points, including many demands that Russia had previously proposed for agreeing to end the conflict.

AFP news agency quoted unnamed U.S. officials as saying that the plan includes a provision for Kyiv to recognize Moscow's control over the Crimean Peninsula, Donetsk, and Luhansk provinces, while the front lines in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson would be frozen. The Ukrainian armed forces would reduce their numbers by more than half, down to 400,000 troops, and give up all long-range weapons.

The agreement is also said to include a provision that Russia will not attack neighboring countries and NATO will stop expanding. Ukraine agrees to enshrine in its Constitution that it will not join NATO, and the alliance also adds a commitment in its charter not to admit Kyiv in the future. NATO also agrees not to deploy troops in Ukraine once the conflict ends.

Russia-Ukraine war situation. Graphic: Telegraph

The information has sparked speculation that Russia was involved in drafting the plan together with the U.S. A source from Axios reported that the Trump administration secretly consulted with Moscow. "It seems Russia proposed it to the Americans and it was accepted," the source said.

Moscow currently controls 99% of Luhansk province, 60% of Donetsk, 70% of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson provinces, along with some areas in Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, and Kharkiv provinces. Including the Crimean Peninsula, Russia is controlling an area equivalent to 19% of Ukraine's territory before 2014.