“Our teams – Ukraine and the USA – will work on the points of the plan to end the war [против страны-агрессора РФ]. We are ready for constructive, honest and prompt work,” Zelensky wrote.
Separately, he briefed Driscoll about the Russian strike on Ternopil on November 19.
“The X-101 missile, which the Russian army used yesterday to hit an ordinary high-rise building, was made in 2025. It contains 175 foreign components that are still getting into Russia bypassing sanctions. We count on the US’s help in limiting all schemes,” Zelensky noted.
The President gave Driscoll materials with information about the companies producing critical components, countries of origin, and the missile parts themselves.
“Peace is needed, and we appreciate the efforts of the president [США Дональда] Trump and his team for the sake of returning security to Europe. Ukraine defends life and independence thanks to the courage of our people, our unity within the state and the help of our partners. We are working to ensure that all three elements are strong enough,” Zelensky concluded.
The OP reported on November 20 that the US delegation officially handed over to Zelensky Trump’s draft “peace plan,” which, according to the American side, could intensify diplomacy.
“US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and I had extremely constructive discussions with the Ukrainian leadership today – everyone shares President Trump’s vision for ending this war. Finally, the situation is shaping up in favor of peace – the peace that Ukrainians have been waiting for so long,” emphasized US Chargé d'Affaires in Ukraine Julie Davis, who was quoted in X by the American Embassy in Kyiv.
US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and I are having very constructive negotiations with the Ukrainian government today – all of which are in line with President Trump's plans until the end of the war. The current situation is developing to the benefit of the world – the world that the Ukrainians have been counting on for so long. Ambassador… https://t.co/ij5idDSEy5
— US Embassy Kyiv (@USEmbassyKyiv) November 20, 2025
Context
Media reported on November 19 that Trump endorsed a 28-point “peace” plan between aggressor Russia and Ukraine that his team has been quietly developing in consultation with Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev over the past few weeks. According to Axios, Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff held three days of talks with Dmitriev on this issue in late October.
Western media published some details of the proposal. Among them is the granting of state language status to the Russian language; media sources also claim that, according to the plan, the United States may recognize the occupied Donbass and Crimea as Russian, Ukraine will be required to reduce the size of the army by half, and Russia sanctions will be lifted and stop investigations into her war crimes in Ukraine. FT wrote that this means the capitulation of Ukraine and that the agreement is very convenient for the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kyiv will not agree to it, there will be no “peace agreement” this week, says the publication’s journalist Christopher Miller. The Wall Street Journal added that we are talking about Ukraine’s refusal to join NATO “for at least several years” and a ban on the deployment of international peacekeeping forces on the country’s territory.
