Ukraine submits new version of peace plan to US with key changes

Ukraine has provided the United States with an updated version of its peace plan with major revisions.

Unlike the previous version, the new draft does not include a ban on Ukraine joining NATO, Caliber.Az reports, citing ZN.ua, a Ukrainian news outlet.

The updated plan reorganises 28 points from the earlier Trump-era initiative into four separate documents.

One of these is a 20-point agreement between Ukraine, Russia, the US, and Europe. Unlike the previous plan, it does not call for international recognition of a demilitarised Donbas as Russian territory and does not provide amnesty for all participants in the war.

The other three documents cover framework security guarantees for Ukraine (three points), US commitments to NATO (four points), and a separate agreement between the US and Russia (12 points).

The updated plan no longer requires Ukraine to enshrine a non-membership pledge in its Constitution or NATO’s key documents, though Washington still intends to block Ukraine’s NATO accession.

In a separate document, the US confirms NATO will not expand further and will not invite Ukraine, a point also reflected in the first clause of the bilateral US-Russia agreement.

The US also intends to “moderate” dialogue between Russia and NATO to address security concerns, aiming for de-escalation and global security guarantees, though details remain unclear.

The plan allows Ukraine to maintain 800,000 troops in peacetime, up from 600,000, highlighting continued debates over military limits for a sovereign state facing aggression.

The United States has been mediating a proposed peace framework for the Russia-Ukraine war that was originally drafted as a 28-point plan, which included provisions on borders, security guarantees, limits on Ukraine’s military, and a clause barring Ukraine from joining NATO — a central point of contention.

Under the original US proposal, any future major Russian attack on Ukraine would trigger a coordinated military response by the US and its allies, effectively acting as a NATO‑style security guarantee, though it stopped short of full NATO membership for Ukraine.

European NATO members such as France, Germany, and the UK issued a counter‑proposal after the US draft emerged, signalling that European allies want greater involvement and insist on terms that protect Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity rather than conceding occupied areas.

By Jeyhun Aghazada