The Trump administration is insisting that Ukraine’s government agree to a much-criticized plan to end Russia’s invasion by the Thanksgiving holiday — or it will cut off intelligence sharing and shipments of weapons to the beleaguered European nation, according to a new report.
The 28-point plan, details of which were reported by The Post on Thursday, was presented to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.
Reuters reported Friday that Kyiv has come under greater pressure from Washington to sign on to the deal than at any point in the 33-month-old conflict.
The framework calls for US recognition of the entire eastern Donbas region — which has been under attack by Moscow for 11 years — as Russian territory, while battle lines will be frozen in two other war-torn regions, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
Most controversially, Ukraine would have to limit its armed forces to 600,000 troops, enshrine permanent neutrality by pledging never to join NATO, and codify that ban in its own charter.
NATO, in turn, would have to promise not to station troops in Ukraine — though European fighter jets would be based in neighboring Poland.
“They want to stop the war and want Ukraine to pay the price,” one source described the plan to Reuters.
However, a senior US official told The Post that Ukrainian officials had given “positive” feedback and “agreed to the majority of the plan” following discussions with special envoy Steve Witkoff in Miami late last month.
Under the framework, Russia would be invited to rejoin the G7 forum following its suspension in 2014 due to the annexation of Crimea.
President Trump previously advocated for Russia’s return in 2020, but most of the other member nations — Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Union — rejected the idea, with only then-Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conti expressing support.
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