Trump Says No Deadline for Ukraine to Accept U.S. Peace Proposal

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Nov. 25 that Ukraine has no fixed deadline to accept the original 28-point  peace proposal, easing off earlier comments suggesting he hoped to see progress by Thanksgiving, Orda.kz reports, citing The Kyiv Independent.

He said U.S. negotiators were making headway in discussions with both Moscow and Kyiv, noting that Russia had agreed to "some concessions," though he did not specify what they were.

The U.S.-drafted framework — developed privately by special envoy Steve Witkoff together with Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev — has sparked concern that Washington could push Ukraine toward terms favorable to Moscow.

The Financial Times earlier reported that during talks in Geneva between U.S., Ukrainian, and European delegations, the original 28-point outline was reduced to 19 points.

Responding to criticism of the proposal, Trump downplayed the document’s status:

That was just a map. That was not a plan. It was a concept. And from there, they’re taking each one of the 28 points, and then you get down to 22 points. A lot of them were solved, and actually very favorably solved. So we’ll see what happens.

Trump added that envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to travel to Moscow next week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.

At the same time, according to a recorded phone call, published by Bloomberg, in an Oct. 14 call with a top Russian official, Witkoff said he could “sway Trump” and pressure Ukraine to accept a peace deal.

Now, me to you, I know what it's going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere. But I'm saying instead of talking like that, let's talk more hopefully because I think we're going to get to a deal here. And I think Yuri, (Trump) will give me a lot of space and discretion to get to the deal,  Witkoff said.

Following the report, Kirill Dmitriev dismissed the recordings of phone conversations discussing a peace plan as fake. However, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov did not deny their authenticity, according to The Insider.