Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is confronted with what he has termed an “impossible choice” between losing Ukraine’s “freedom, dignity, and justice” or forfeiting the United States as a key ally amid mounting pressure from President Donald J Trump to accept a 28-point peace proposal to end the war with Russia ahead of a Thanksgiving Day deadline.

The plan, leaked by Axios and reportedly presented to Zelensky on November 20, 2025, by U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll during a meeting in Kyiv, requires significant concessions from Ukraine in exchange for a ceasefire and U.S. security guarantees.

The plan’s framework, developed in consultation with Russian officials, includes territorial recognition of Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk as Russian, along with frozen lines in Kherson and Za

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