On Nov. 21, 2025, President Volodymyr Zelensky described Ukraine’s situation in blunt terms: the nation faces “one of the most difficult moments” in its history, caught between “the loss of dignity or the threat of losing a key partner.” His call for a “dignified peace” that respects Ukraine’s independence and sovereignty reflects both the desperation and determination of a country fighting for its survival.
Whatever President Trump's intentions may be, he cannot be allowed to make deals with Russia over the heads of Ukraine, Europe, and the rest of the democratic world.
But the leaked 28-point peace plan doesn’t look like a diplomatic solution. It looks like a surrender document – and an almost total one at that. If Neville Chamberlain were alive to read it, even he might be embarrassed. History has taught us this lesson before: appeasement doesn’t prevent conflict. It just delays it and makes it worse.Whatever President Trump’s intentions may be, he cannot be allowed to make deals with Russia over the heads of Ukraine, Europe, and the rest of the democratic world. That’s not how this works and is unacceptable.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.Russia’s goals in the 2022 invasion were never hidden: seize territory, force Ukrainian neutrality, gut its military, and bring the country back under Moscow’s ideological control. This proposed peace plan hands Russia every single one of these objectives. It’s almost as if the Kremlin wrote it themselves.The territorial provisions are straightforward theft made legal. Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk would be formally ceded to Russia, turning an illegal land grab into internationally recognized borders.
