International Trump: Ukraine should accept US plan by Thursday
US President Donald Trump expects Ukraine to essentially accept the plan presented by the United States to end the war in Ukraine by next Thursday. "If everything goes well, you tend to extend the deadlines," Trump said in an interview with Fox News Radio when asked whether the US had given Ukraine a "loose deadline" to agree to the plan. "But Thursday, in our opinion, is an appropriate time."
21.11.2025, 18:16
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Next Thursday, people in the United States will be celebrating Thanksgiving - the American harvest festival.
According to the daily newspaper "Washington Post", the USA linked the ultimatum to a threat. Should the country attacked by Russia refuse to accept the peace plan, it would have to reckon with the loss of US support, the newspaper reported, citing several people familiar with the matter.
US peace plan includes 28 points
According to media reports, the draft of the US plan consists of 28 points. It is controversial because it demands major concessions from Ukraine. The country's sovereignty would be confirmed and it would receive security guarantees from the USA. However, Ukraine would have to renounce its membership of NATO in its constitution and permanently cede territories. Crimea and the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk would be recognized as de facto Russian.
Selensky swears his compatriots in for a difficult time
Prior to this, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had sworn in his compatriots "to one of the most difficult moments in the history of our country" in a video address. "Ukraine could be facing a very difficult choice right now: Either lose its dignity or risk losing its key partner. Either the difficult 28 points (of the US peace plan) or an extremely difficult winter," said the head of state on the "Day of Freedom and Dignity", which commemorates the beginning of the pro-Western demonstrations in 2004 and 2013.
Zelensky later confirmed that he had discussed the plan with US Vice President JD Vance in a meeting lasting just under an hour. "We have agreed that we will work together with America and Europe at an advisory level in order to have a truly workable path to peace," the head of state wrote on social networks. At the same time, he once again praised Trump's commitment.
In his video message, the President also assured: "We will not give the enemy any reason to say that Ukraine does not want peace, that it is sabotaging the process and is not prepared to engage in diplomacy." He said he was counting on the support of "European friends".
