U.S. pushing Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thanksgiving or lose support
Source: Washington Post
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 a.m. EST
KYIV The White House is pressuring Ukraine to sign on to its new peace proposal by Thanksgiving or lose U.S. support to the country, according to two officials familiar with the talks, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive diplomatic discussions.
U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday with a version of the 28-point plan President Donald Trumps special envoy Steve Witkoff recently drafted with Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev.
That plan, which has been leaked in the press and confirmed by several officials, included several red lines for Ukraine, including a massive reduction of its army size and ceding territory to Russia that it has not yet conquered militarily.
Although Trump has drawn down direct aid to Ukraine, the U.S. has brokered deals for Ukraine to receive U.S. weapons through European partners and continues to share intelligence that is crucial to Ukraines survival on the battlefield.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/21/ukraine-war-peace-proposal-witkoff-thanksgiving/
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NewHendoLib
(61,581 posts)3825-87867
(1,806 posts)Trump swallows Putin!
Ray Bruns
(5,981 posts)RazorbackExpat
(893 posts)Turbineguy
(39,843 posts)no_hypocrisy
(54,281 posts)FakeNoose
(40,177 posts)EuterpeThelo
(171 posts)Just another arbitrary and capricious deadline, just because he can.
Evolve Dammit
(21,498 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,221 posts)travelingthrulife
(4,463 posts)Why would any country accept this?
Lovie777
(21,756 posts)WH is full of shit. Same plan but more Ukraine land to Russia and negotiations with out Pres Z.
quakerboy
(14,714 posts)missiles and ammunition than moral support.
They are in a very tough spot. Can Europe keep them going when Trump finally fully, publicly surrenders to Russia?
travelingthrulife
(4,463 posts)Carrying Trump's master plan out in broad daylight.
Bluestocking
(508 posts)And just work with its actual allies.
maxsolomon
(38,188 posts)They need equipment.
They need ordinance.
They need missile defense.
The US has been supplying all that to this point. Whether Europe can fill the gap if Mfer takes his ball and goes home? TBD.
Trump wants it to end so he can claim credit and set Putin's money free.
lavoosh99
(42 posts)Zelensky should tell the Burnt Orange Shit Stain to take one of the grenades he is threatening to withhold and shove it up his gargantuan ass (it should fit easily, his brain isn't taking up that much space.)
C_U_L8R
(48,876 posts)Piggy is going whole hog.
Botany
(76,398 posts)No. It is a surrender document. Ukraine has to give up 30% of its territory and citizens to Putin,
Ukraine gives up its mineral wealth to Russia, and Russia gets to walk away from its horrific war
crimes. Trump is just turning over Putins wish list to Zelenskyy.
bluestarone
(21,175 posts)Slava Ukraine!! TRUE Americans love you ALL!!
Nigrum Cattus
(1,224 posts)the repugs have failed the U.S. and every former ally
Ukraine doesn't need to reduce their military for
anyone except the drunk ruskies
Happy Hoosier
(9,404 posts)mdbl
(8,115 posts)tetedur
(1,405 posts)RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(1,800 posts)2na fisherman
(237 posts)In such negotiations, Trump's goose is cooked because there was also something on the table that Grease (sic) was to be wiped out too.
Would Trump give back Alaska to Russia?
Efilroft Sul
(4,315 posts)Aristus
(71,649 posts)electric_blue68
(25,922 posts)ChicagoTeamster
(441 posts)Ukraine is rejecting the deal already. They should follow up by presenting their own proposal which should include Russia withdrawing immediately to be followed up by war crimes tribunals and reparations payments from Russia and the Trump family and all of their businesses. And a NATO buffer zone 50 miles inside of Russian territory to include a No Fly zone. In addition, Ukraine gets immediate NATO and EU membership and the return or replacement of all of their Nuclear weapons.
RazorbackExpat
(893 posts)travelingthrulife
(4,463 posts)Blumancru
(210 posts)And both he and PooTin are pretty weak now. He has no influence or authority to make anything happen Russia is in deep economic trouble due to Ukraine damaging their refineries. This will continue.
ChicagoTeamster
(441 posts)Funny how that was leaked last week instead of years ago. After Ukraine successfully bombed Russian refineries and terminals and had their Pokrovsk resupply routes almost completely cut off. Putin wants the Donbas territory and the Crimea.
Bayard
(28,577 posts)This would be like letting Hitler keep Europe.
maxsolomon
(38,188 posts)"Finlandization", it's called.
the nelm
(242 posts)The Madcap
(1,750 posts)Zelensky should immediately send every single drone, missile, etc., on a one-way trip to Putin, wherever he is hiding out. Oh, and maybe a couple of ATACMS to the nearest reactor to Moscow just for good measure. And maybe a crew of expert assassins.
Russia should pay dearly for this evil.
Figarosmom
(9,745 posts)Putin won't abide by any trump peace deal? So Ukraine has nothing to gain.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,577 posts)He should be prepared for this moment when he has to make a decision, along with his European allies, to break ties with the US and all the weaponry and intelligence they provide.
ultralite001
(2,364 posts)
Slava Ukraini!!!
💙💛💙💛💙
wolfie001
(7,087 posts)Don't be diplomatic with these putin-lovin' nazis' either. Go with Europe until January 2029. I hope we still have a Democratic Republic by then.
paulrevere2018
(84 posts)AZ8theist
(7,100 posts)You CANNOT trust fascists. PERIOD. Putin is Hitler 2.0.

OhioTim
(380 posts)saying they would supply Ukraine with arms if Trump backed out?
BumRushDaShow
(165,750 posts)Supposedly 45 gave them permission to buy from the U.S. and then transfer the arms to Ukraine. I expect the manufacturers/dealers don't care who buys their stuff as long as they get paid for it.
Thing is, I expect a lot of it hasn't been manufactured yet, but the orders are in.