US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future

Par :Shaun Walker · and Luke Harding in Kyiv

22 novembre 2025 à 11:50

‘No deal is perfect, but it must be done sooner rather than later,’ says US army secretary in sombre meeting

US officials have told Nato allies they expect to push president Volodymyr Zelenskyy into agreeing to a peace deal in the coming days, under the threat that if Kyiv does not sign, it will face a much worse deal in future.

The US army secretary Dan Driscoll briefed ambassadors from Nato nations at a meeting in Kyiv late on Friday, after talks with Zelenskyy and taking a phone call from the White House. “No deal is perfect, but it must be done sooner rather than later,” he told them, according to one person who was present.

Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war

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Par :Luke Harding in Kyiv · Pjotr Sauer · and Andrew Roth in Washington

22 novembre 2025 à 00:37

US president demands that Kyiv accepts plan that would mean giving up territory to Russia

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine faces one of the most difficult moments in its history, after Donald Trump demanded Kyiv accepts within days a US-backed “peace plan” that would force it to give up territory to Russia and make other painful concessions.

Trump confirmed on Friday morning that next Thursday – Thanksgiving in the US – would be an “acceptable” deadline for Zelenskyy to sign the deal, which European and Ukrainian officials have said amounts to a “capitulation”.

Zelenskyy to negotiate with Trump over US-Russia peace deal requiring painful concessions

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Par :Luke Harding in Kyiv and Andrew Roth in Washington

20 novembre 2025 à 23:53

Ukrainian president’s office issues statement after other officials condemn ‘absurd’ plan to end conflict

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will negotiate with Donald Trump on a US-backed peace plan that called on Ukraine to make painful concessions in order to end the Kremlin’s invasion of his country.

The president’s office on Thursday confirmed he had received the draft peace plan, which was prepared by US and Russian officials, and that he would speak to Trump in the coming days about “existing diplomatic opportunities and the main points that are necessary for peace”.

US and Russian officials draft plan to end Ukraine war based on capitulation from Kyiv

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Par :Luke Harding in Kyiv · Pjotr Sauer and Andrew Roth in Washington

19 novembre 2025 à 20:15

It is unclear if Trump administration backs deal that would mean Kyiv giving up territory and slashing size of military

US and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military, it was reported on Wednesday as Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least 25 people in the city of Ternopil.

The draft plan, which was reportedly developed by Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev, would force draconian measures on Ukraine that would give Russia unprecedented control over the country’s military and political sovereignty. The plan is likely to be viewed as surrender in Kyiv.

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