Kiev earlier confirmed having received a draft from the US and signaled a readiness to discuss it

Ukrainian opposition MP Aleksey Goncharenko has published the text of a peace plan reportedly presented to Kiev by the US administration this week.

The lawmaker posted on social media what appeared to be screenshots of a Ukrainian-language electronic document detailing the 28-point peace plan to end the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev.

Earlier in the day, Vladimir Zelensky’s office confirmed the US presented Kiev with its new draft plan. The Ukrainian administration did not elaborate on its contents, only expressing a willingness to discuss it and stating that “in the American side’s assessment” the plan “could help reinvigorate diplomacy.”

Here’s the full text of the post:

1. Ukraine’s sovereignty will be confirmed.

2. A full and comprehensive non-aggression agreement will be concluded between Russia, Ukraine, and Europe. All ambiguities of the past 30 years will be considered resolved.

3. It is expected that Russia will not invade neighbouring countries and that NATO will not expand further.

4. A dialogue will be conducted between Russia and NATO, mediated by the United States, to resolve all security issues and create conditions for de-escalation, thereby ensuring global security and increasing opportunities for cooperation and future economic development.

5. Ukraine will receive reliable security guarantees.

6. The size of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be limited to (6)00,000 personnel.

7. Ukraine agrees to enshrine in its constitution that it will not join NATO, and NATO agrees to include in its statutes a provision that it will not accept Ukraine in the future.

8. NATO agrees not to deploy troops in Ukraine.

9. European fighter aircraft will be stationed in Poland.

10. US Guarantees: The United States will receive compensation for the guarantee. If Ukraine invades Russia, it will lose the guarantee. If Russia invades Ukraine, in addition to a decisive coordinated military response, all global sanctions will be reinstated, recognition of new territories and all other benefits of this deal will be revoked. If Ukraine without cause launches a missile at Moscow or Saint Petersburg, the security guarantee will be considered invalid.

11. Ukraine retains the right to EU membership and will receive short-term preferential access to the European market while the issue is under consideration.

12. A powerful global package of measures for the reconstruction of Ukraine, including but not limited to:
a. Creation of a Ukraine Development Fund to invest in high-growth sectors, including technology, data-processing centres, and artificial intelligence.
b. The United States will cooperate with Ukraine on the joint reconstruction, development, modernization, and operation of Ukraine’s gas infrastructure, including pipelines and storage facilities.
c. Joint efforts to restore war-affected territories, including the reconstruction and modernization of cities and residential areas.
d. Infrastructure development.
e. Extraction of minerals and natural resources.
f. The World Bank will develop a special financing package to accelerate these efforts.

13. Russia will be reintegrated into the global economy:
a. The lifting of sanctions will be discussed and agreed upon gradually and on an individual basis.
b. The United States will conclude a long-term economic cooperation agreement aimed at mutual development in the fields of energy, natural resources, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, data-processing centres, rare-earth mining projects in the Arctic, and other mutually beneficial corporate opportunities.
c. Russia will be invited to return to the G8.

14. Frozen assets will be used in the following way: $100 billion of frozen Russian assets will be invested in US-led reconstruction and investment efforts in Ukraine. The United States will receive 50% of the profits from this undertaking. Europe will add another $100 billion to increase the total investment available for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Frozen European assets will be unfrozen. The remaining frozen Russian assets will be invested in a separate American-Russian investment vehicle that will implement joint American-Russian projects in areas to be determined. This fund will be aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and increasing shared interests in order to create strong motivation not to return to conflict.

15. A joint American-Russian working group on security issues will be established to facilitate and ensure the fulfilment of all provisions of this agreement.

16. Russia will legislatively enshrine a policy of non-aggression toward Europe and Ukraine.

17. The United States and Russia will agree to extend the validity of treaties on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and arms control, including START-1.

18. Ukraine agrees to remain a non-nuclear state in accordance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

19. The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant will be restarted under IAEA supervision, and the generated electricity will be split equally between Russia and Ukraine (50:50).

20. Both countries undertake to introduce educational programmes in schools and society that promote understanding and tolerance of different cultures and the elimination of racism and prejudice:
a. Ukraine will adopt EU rules on religious tolerance and protection of linguistic minorities.
b. Both countries agree to lift all discriminatory measures and to guarantee the rights of Ukrainian and Russian media and education.
c. All Nazi ideology and activity must be rejected and prohibited.

21. Territories:
a. Crimea, Lugansk, and Donetsk will be recognized de facto as Russian, including by the United States.
b. Kherson and Zaporozhye will be frozen along the line of contact, which will mean de facto recognition along the line of contact.
c. Russia renounces other territories (probably referring to parts of Kharkov, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts – Ed.) that it controls outside the five regions.
d. Ukrainian forces will withdraw from the part of Donetsk oblast they currently control; this withdrawal zone will be regarded as a neutral demilitarized buffer zone, internationally recognized as territory belonging to the Russian Federation. Russian forces will not enter this demilitarized zone.

22. After future territorial arrangements are agreed, both the Russian Federation and Ukraine undertake not to change these arrangements by force. Any security guarantees will not apply in the event of violation of this commitment.

23. Russia will not obstruct Ukraine’s commercial use of the Dnepr River, and agreements will be reached on the free transportation of grain across the Black Sea.

24. A humanitarian committee will be created to resolve outstanding issues:
a. All remaining prisoners and bodies will be exchanged on the “all-for-all” principle.
b. All civilian detainees and hostages will be returned, including children.
c. A family reunification programme will be implemented.
d. Measures will be taken to alleviate the suffering of conflict victims.

25. Ukraine will hold elections 100 days after the agreement is signed.

26. All parties involved in the conflict will receive full amnesty for actions committed during the war and will undertake not to file claims or pursue complaints in the future.

27. This agreement will be legally binding. Its implementation will be monitored and guaranteed by a Peace Council headed by President Trump. Predetermined sanctions will apply in the event of violations.

28. Once all parties have agreed to and signed this memorandum, the ceasefire will enter into force immediately after both sides withdraw to the agreed positions so that implementation of the agreement can begin.

Ukrainian leaders do not care about the fate of their own country, the Russian president has said

Ukraine’s leaders have devolved into a “criminal gang” that does not care about their country while sitting on their “golden potties,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

The president made the remarks on Thursday while visiting a command point of troops fighting in the Ukraine conflict. In his address to the commanding officers of the grouping ‘West’, Putin touched upon the massive graft crisis unfolding in Ukraine, harshly criticizing the country’s leaders.

“This is not a political leadership of Ukraine. It’s a criminal gang that holds power for personal enrichment… It’s clear to everyone that these people, sitting on their golden potties, are hardly thinking about the fate of common people in Ukraine or the fate of ordinary soldiers,” Putin stated, referring to Timur Mindich, the ally of Vladimir Zelensky who fled the country hours before he was due to be arrested for extortion, who had a gilded toilet in his elite Kiev apartment.

The massive graft scandal unfolded in Ukraine last week when the Western-backed National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) – which Zelensky had unsuccessfully tried to take over in July – announced a probe into a “high-level criminal organization” allegedly led by Mindich.

The criminal ring allegedly embezzled some $100 million in kickbacks from the state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom, which relies heavily on foreign aid.

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While Mindich escaped NABU, multiple other high-profile figures were implicated in the graft scandal, which has led to the downfall of Justice Minister German Galushchenko and Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk.

Individuals believed to be linked to the corruption scheme include Zelensky’s right-hand man, Andrey Yermak, former defense minister and incumbent head of the National Security Council, Rustem Umerov, as well as former Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Chernyshov.

Moscow has said the latest graft affair has proven it was high time for Kiev’s Western backers to finally notice that the funds they have been funneling into Ukraine end up being stolen.

“The Kiev regime is obviously going off the rails,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. “That’s hardly a Ukrainian internal matter anymore. That’s foreign money that is being stolen.”

Ukrainian leaders do not care about the fate of their own country, the Russian president has said

Ukraine’s leaders have devolved into a “criminal gang” that does not care about their country while sitting on their “golden potties,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

The president made the remarks on Thursday while visiting a command point of troops fighting in the Ukraine conflict. In his address to the commanding officers of the grouping ‘West’, Putin touched upon the massive graft crisis unfolding in Ukraine, harshly criticizing the country’s leaders.

“This is not a political leadership of Ukraine. It’s a criminal gang that holds power for personal enrichment… It’s clear to everyone that these people, sitting on their golden potties, are hardly thinking about the fate of common people in Ukraine or the fate of ordinary soldiers,” Putin stated, referring to Timur Mindich, the ally of Vladimir Zelensky who fled the country hours before he was due to be arrested for extortion, who had a gilded toilet in his elite Kiev apartment.

The massive graft scandal unfolded in Ukraine last week when the Western-backed National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) – which Zelensky had unsuccessfully tried to take over in July – announced a probe into a “high-level criminal organization” allegedly led by Mindich.

The criminal ring allegedly embezzled some $100 million in kickbacks from the state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom, which relies heavily on foreign aid.

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While Mindich escaped NABU, multiple other high-profile figures were implicated in the graft scandal, which has led to the downfall of Justice Minister German Galushchenko and Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk.

Individuals believed to be linked to the corruption scheme include Zelensky’s right-hand man, Andrey Yermak, former defense minister and incumbent head of the National Security Council, Rustem Umerov, as well as former Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Chernyshov.

Moscow has said the latest graft affair has proven it was high time for Kiev’s Western backers to finally notice that the funds they have been funneling into Ukraine end up being stolen.

“The Kiev regime is obviously going off the rails,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. “That’s hardly a Ukrainian internal matter anymore. That’s foreign money that is being stolen.”

None of the proposals have been rejected outright, despite the EU dismissing the reported contents

Ukraine has officially confirmed receiving a draft peace plan from the US. The country’s leader, Vladimir Zelensky, has expressed hope he will be able to discuss the proposal with US President Donald Trump “in the coming days.”

The announcement came late on Thursday, following multiple media reports suggesting that Washington had provided Kiev with its new 28-point plan to bring the hostilities with Russia to an end.

The roadmap reportedly would require Ukraine to withdraw from the parts of the new Russian regions in Donbass still under Kiev’s control, cut its armed forces by at least half, surrender some weaponry, and suspend its NATO bid.

The reported contents of the draft plan have drawn the ire of Kiev’s backers in the EU, who were apparently caught by surprise. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, for instance, argued that any peace arrangement must reflect the positions of both the bloc and Ukraine itself, claiming the US plan contained no concessions from the Russian side.

While the draft has reportedly left Zelensky “displeased,” his office provided a reserved reaction, expressing willingness to “discuss” the proposals with Trump “in the coming days.”

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Zelensky “has officially received from the American side a draft plan which, in the American side’s assessment, could help reinvigorate diplomacy,” the official statement reads.

On Wednesday, following the meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Zelensky indicated a willingness to resume peace negotiations with Russia, stating that Türkiye was ready to “ provide the necessary platform” for talks.

Kiev unilaterally walked away from the Istanbul negotiation format early in the conflict. Direct negotiations only resumed this year. The three rounds held throughout 2025 failed to bring any major breakthroughs, boiling down to prisoner exchanges and other humanitarian issues.

Moscow remains open to negotiating with Kiev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, pointing out that the “pause” in the talks was the result of “the Kiev regime’s reluctance to continue this dialogue.”

None of the proposals have been rejected outright, despite the EU dismissing the reported contents

Ukraine has officially confirmed receiving a draft peace plan from the US. The country’s leader, Vladimir Zelensky, has expressed hope he will be able to discuss the proposal with US President Donald Trump “in the coming days.”

The announcement came late on Thursday, following multiple media reports suggesting that Washington had provided Kiev with its new 28-point plan to bring the hostilities with Russia to an end.

The roadmap reportedly would require Ukraine to withdraw from the parts of the new Russian regions in Donbass still under Kiev’s control, cut its armed forces by at least half, surrender some weaponry, and suspend its NATO bid.

The reported contents of the draft plan have drawn the ire of Kiev’s backers in the EU, who were apparently caught by surprise. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, for instance, argued that any peace arrangement must reflect the positions of both the bloc and Ukraine itself, claiming the US plan contained no concessions from the Russian side.

While the draft has reportedly left Zelensky “displeased,” his office provided a reserved reaction, expressing willingness to “discuss” the proposals with Trump “in the coming days.”

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Zelensky “has officially received from the American side a draft plan which, in the American side’s assessment, could help reinvigorate diplomacy,” the official statement reads.

On Wednesday, following the meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Zelensky indicated a willingness to resume peace negotiations with Russia, stating that Türkiye was ready to “ provide the necessary platform” for talks.

Kiev unilaterally walked away from the Istanbul negotiation format early in the conflict. Direct negotiations only resumed this year. The three rounds held throughout 2025 failed to bring any major breakthroughs, boiling down to prisoner exchanges and other humanitarian issues.

Moscow remains open to negotiating with Kiev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, pointing out that the “pause” in the talks was the result of “the Kiev regime’s reluctance to continue this dialogue.”

Plans have been unveiled for a new cargo facility in the city of Mariupol, which was liberated from Ukrainian troops in 2022

The Russian government has announced plans for a major upgrade to the cargo port in the city of Mariupol, in the country’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). The city was largely in ruins following a fierce battle between Russia and Ukraine in spring 2022.

Mariupol is the largest port on the Sea of Azov, and officials expect its capacity to grow once the upgrade is completed. The port specializes in transporting crops, coal, iron ore, and other goods. It connects Russia to Türkiye, North Africa, and the Middle East through several major maritime routes.

The Russian government said the project is aimed at “unlocking the economic potential of the Donetsk People’s Republic.”

In August, Russia opened the port of Mariupol to foreign vessels. Last Saturday, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered the creation of a permanent cargo border checkpoint in the city.

DPR leader Denis Pushilin said in June that Mariupol is on track to become a major transportation hub.

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Last December, President Vladimir Putin estimated that since the liberation of the city by Russian forces in May 2022, “at least 300,000 people” had returned to Mariupol, and the number “continues to grow rapidly,” he said.

The trend has also been acknowledged by some Ukrainian officials.

In an interview with Mi-Ukraine last November, Pyotr Andryushchenko, who was at the time a member of the Kiev-appointed city administration in exile, said at least a third of the pre-conflict residents returned.

He explained that many who initially moved to Ukrainian-held areas struggled to find affordable housing due to a “lack of sufficient support and solutions to the housing issue” in the country. Andryushchenko was fired shortly after making the remarks.

The DPR, along with the neighboring Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), seceded from Ukraine following the Western-backed coup in Kiev in 2014. The two territories, along with the regions of Zaporozhye and Kherson, joined Russia following referendums in September 2022.

Plans have been unveiled for a new cargo facility in the city of Mariupol, which was liberated from Ukrainian troops in 2022

The Russian government has announced plans for a major upgrade to the cargo port in the city of Mariupol, in the country’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). The city was largely in ruins following a fierce battle between Russia and Ukraine in spring 2022.

Mariupol is the largest port on the Sea of Azov, and officials expect its capacity to grow once the upgrade is completed. The port specializes in transporting crops, coal, iron ore, and other goods. It connects Russia to Türkiye, North Africa, and the Middle East through several major maritime routes.

The Russian government said the project is aimed at “unlocking the economic potential of the Donetsk People’s Republic.”

In August, Russia opened the port of Mariupol to foreign vessels. Last Saturday, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered the creation of a permanent cargo border checkpoint in the city.

DPR leader Denis Pushilin said in June that Mariupol is on track to become a major transportation hub.

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Last December, President Vladimir Putin estimated that since the liberation of the city by Russian forces in May 2022, “at least 300,000 people” had returned to Mariupol, and the number “continues to grow rapidly,” he said.

The trend has also been acknowledged by some Ukrainian officials.

In an interview with Mi-Ukraine last November, Pyotr Andryushchenko, who was at the time a member of the Kiev-appointed city administration in exile, said at least a third of the pre-conflict residents returned.

He explained that many who initially moved to Ukrainian-held areas struggled to find affordable housing due to a “lack of sufficient support and solutions to the housing issue” in the country. Andryushchenko was fired shortly after making the remarks.

The DPR, along with the neighboring Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), seceded from Ukraine following the Western-backed coup in Kiev in 2014. The two territories, along with the regions of Zaporozhye and Kherson, joined Russia following referendums in September 2022.

The Nuremberg Tribunal in which Third Reich leaders were tried helps counter attempts to distort history, the Russian president has said

Nazi crimes have no statute of limitations, and the Nuremberg Tribunal’s judgments remain a key safeguard against attempts to rewrite history, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, the 80th anniversary of the opening of the trial.

Efforts to bring senior leaders of the Third Reich to justice took shape during World War II. In October 1942, the Soviet government formally called for Nazi officials to be held accountable for wartime atrocities. Allied foreign ministers endorsed the proposal a year later, and in February 1945 at the Yalta Conference, the leaders of the USSR, US, and Britain reached a final agreement to create the International Military Tribunal.

In a message to participants of the ‘No Statute of Limitations. Nuremberg. 80 Years’ international forum, Putin said researchers involved in the project carried out “meticulous work” to declassify archives, conduct field expeditions, and gather new evidence of Nazi atrocities.

The tribunal’s principles set out 80 years ago “remain relevant today,” Putin said in a statement published on the Kremlin’s website. “They help us firmly resist attempts to falsify historical facts and offer guidance in responding to modern global challenges and threats.”

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Putin added that he expects the forum to make a significant contribution to the study of the tribunal’s legacy and said he hopes the discussions will be constructive.

Ahead of the anniversary, the Russian Defense Ministry released a set of archival materials on the tribunal’s proceedings and findings.

The ministry said it published previously unseen documents from the Central Archive of the Russian Defense Ministry, including reports, memoranda, intelligence summaries, and records detailing atrocities committed by Nazi occupation forces. The release also features rare photographs and works by Soviet artists.

The Nuremberg Trial of Nazi leaders, held from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946, was an unprecedented event in modern history; 24 senior officials – including Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, and Alfred Jodl – were brought before the tribunal. None admitted full responsibility for the charges they faced.

The Nuremberg Tribunal in which Third Reich leaders were tried helps counter attempts to distort history, the Russian president has said

Nazi crimes have no statute of limitations, and the Nuremberg Tribunal’s judgments remain a key safeguard against attempts to rewrite history, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, the 80th anniversary of the opening of the trial.

Efforts to bring senior leaders of the Third Reich to justice took shape during World War II. In October 1942, the Soviet government formally called for Nazi officials to be held accountable for wartime atrocities. Allied foreign ministers endorsed the proposal a year later, and in February 1945 at the Yalta Conference, the leaders of the USSR, US, and Britain reached a final agreement to create the International Military Tribunal.

In a message to participants of the ‘No Statute of Limitations. Nuremberg. 80 Years’ international forum, Putin said researchers involved in the project carried out “meticulous work” to declassify archives, conduct field expeditions, and gather new evidence of Nazi atrocities.

The tribunal’s principles set out 80 years ago “remain relevant today,” Putin said in a statement published on the Kremlin’s website. “They help us firmly resist attempts to falsify historical facts and offer guidance in responding to modern global challenges and threats.”

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Putin added that he expects the forum to make a significant contribution to the study of the tribunal’s legacy and said he hopes the discussions will be constructive.

Ahead of the anniversary, the Russian Defense Ministry released a set of archival materials on the tribunal’s proceedings and findings.

The ministry said it published previously unseen documents from the Central Archive of the Russian Defense Ministry, including reports, memoranda, intelligence summaries, and records detailing atrocities committed by Nazi occupation forces. The release also features rare photographs and works by Soviet artists.

The Nuremberg Trial of Nazi leaders, held from November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946, was an unprecedented event in modern history; 24 senior officials – including Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, and Alfred Jodl – were brought before the tribunal. None admitted full responsibility for the charges they faced.

Warsaw has accused Moscow of orchestrating crimes on Polish soil

Poland’s latest accusations that Russia backed an act of sabotage on its railways are merely manufactured “war hysteria,” Moscow’s envoy to Warsaw has told RT.

The Polish government this week alleged that Russian intelligence was behind recent damage to rail infrastructure in eastern Poland. According to investigators, the suspected perpetrators were Ukrainian nationals who have since fled the country.

Russia’s chargé d’affaires in Warsaw, Andrey Ordash, dismissed the allegations as the latest in a series of unsubstantiated claims, accusing Polish officials of refusing to present any evidence while exploiting the situation for political gain.

“Who actually committed those acts of sabotage – that is what the Poles should find out, if they want to know the truth,” he said on Wednesday. Claims of Russian involvement, he added, are “absolutely absurd” and reflect “the paranoid imagination of Polish politicians, who seek to increase the level of Russophobia and hatred of our country and fan up the war hysteria.”

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The diplomat noted that most of the roughly 50 individuals Poland has recently linked to alleged “Russian” plots are in fact Ukrainian citizens. Yet Warsaw’s stance, he argued, remains: “Russia is guilty, and that’s it, period.”

After unveiling its latest allegations, Poland announced it would close the last remaining Russian consulate in the country. Moscow said it would respond in kind.

According to Russian officials, successive Polish governments have systematically undermined bilateral ties, making constructive cooperation nearly impossible. Ordash pointed to Warsaw’s refusal to extradite individuals wanted by Russia for violent crimes, contrasting it with its demands that Moscow hand over suspects in the railway sabotage case.

He also recalled Poland’s earlier refusal to extradite to Germany a Ukrainian suspect implicated in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline attack. Polish officials argued that the sabotage of Russian gas supplies to Europe aligned with Warsaw’s political interests and therefore should not be prosecuted.