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Ukraine and the U.S. volition soon conscionable successful Switzerland to discuss Washington's program for ending the warfare with Russia, which presently heeds to immoderate of Russia's hardline demands, Kyiv said connected Saturday (November 22, 2025).
U.S. President Donald Trump gave Ukraine little than a week to o.k. the 28-point program to extremity the astir four-year conflict, which would spot the invaded state ceding territory, cutting its army, and pledging to ne'er articulation NATO.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's European allies, who were not included successful drafting the agreement, were scrambling astatine the G20 acme successful South Africa to travel up with a counter-offer to Mr. Trump's program to beef up Kyiv's positions.
"In the coming days successful Switzerland we are launching consultations betwixt elder officials of Ukraine and the United States connected the imaginable parameters of a aboriginal bid agreement," Rustem Umerov, who is connected Ukraine's negotiating team, wrote connected societal media.
"This is different signifier of the dialog that has been ongoing successful caller days and is chiefly aimed astatine aligning our imaginativeness for the adjacent steps," added Mr. Umerov, a erstwhile Defence Minister, who is present the Secretary of the Security Council.
He antecedently led a fewer rounds of negotiations with Russia successful Turkey, which yielded nary breakthrough. This time, Mr. Zelenskyy appointed his apical aide, Andriy Yermak, to pb the team, according to a statesmanlike decree.
The decree said the talks volition besides see "representatives of the Russian Federation."
There was nary contiguous confirmation from Russia whether it would articulation the talks.
Just peace
In a associated declaration, the G20 leaders called for a "just, comprehensive, and lasting peace," but not lone successful Ukraine, but besides successful Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the "Occupied Palestinian Territory."
France's Emmanuel Macron sent a somber connection to the gathering, saying "the G20 whitethorn beryllium coming to the extremity of a cycle," adding that the grouping was struggling to resoluteness large crises astir the world.
He referred specifically to a caller unilateral U.S. program to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine that accepts immoderate of Russia's hardline demands.
Shortly earlier that, Mr. Macron met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer connected the sidelines the summit, boycotted by the U.S., to sermon a associated effect to Washington's plan.
Mr. Starmer had earlier said the purpose was to "look astatine however we tin fortify this program for the adjacent signifier of negotiations".
Difficult choice
Ukraine faces 1 of the astir challenging moments successful its history, Mr. Zelenskyy said successful an code to the nation, adding that helium would suggest alternatives to Trump's proposal.
"The unit connected Ukraine is 1 of the hardest. Ukraine whitethorn look a precise hard choice: either the nonaccomplishment of dignity oregon the hazard of losing a cardinal partner," Mr Zelenskyy said successful his address, referring to a imaginable interruption with Washington.
U.S. bid proposal
To extremity the war, the U.S. program envisages recognising territories controlled by Moscow arsenic "de facto" Russian, with Kyiv pulling troops retired of parts of the Donetsk region.
Ukraine would besides headdress its service astatine 600,000, regularisation retired joining NATO and person nary troops from the confederation deployed to its territory.
In return, Ukraine would get unspecified "reliable information guarantees" and a money for reconstruction utilizing immoderate Russia assets frozen successful overseas accounts.
While Russia would summation territory, beryllium reintegrated into the planetary system and rejoin the G8, according to a draught of the plan.
Mr. Putin said the blueprint could "lay the foundation" for a last bid settlement, but threatened much onshore seizures if Ukraine walked distant from negotiations.
Better equipped and larger successful numbers, the Russian service is dilatory but steadily gaining crushed crossed the lengthy beforehand line.
Ukrainians were meantime facing 1 of the toughest winters since the warfare began, aft Moscow carried retired a brutal bombing run against vigor infrastructure.
This comes arsenic a sweeping corruption probe that unveiled graft successful the vigor assemblage was unravelling successful Kyiv, sparking nationalist outcry.
