Western leaders say U.S. 28-point Ukraine peace plan needs "additional work"

Source: CBS News/AP

Updated on: November 22, 2025 / 11:55 AM EST


The 28-point peace plan proposed by the U.S. for Ukraine is a basis that "requires additional work," Western leaders gathered at the G20 summit in South Africa said. Group of Seven nations and European leaders met on the sidelines of the summit in Johannesburg to discuss the U.S. peace plan for the war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year. The Trump administration boycotted the summit.

"The initial draft of the 28-point plan includes important elements that will be essential for a just and lasting peace," the leaders of the European Union, Germany, France, Britain, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, Finland, Italy, Japan and Norway said in a joint statement. "We believe, therefore, that the draft is a basis which will require additional work."

The 28-point plan, sent to Kyiv and Moscow this week, includes a framework that would require Ukraine to give up its eastern Donbas region and Crimea, and swear off NATO membership, according to a draft shared publicly by a Ukrainian opposition politician and confirmed by a White House official. It contains many of Moscow's long-standing demands, while offering limited security guarantees to Kyiv.

The plan sparked alarm in Kyiv and other European capitals, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying Friday that his country could face a stark choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the American support it needs.

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