It was not clear what, if any, concessions the proposal asks of Russia.
The U.S. and Russia have drawn up a plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that calls for major concessions from Kyiv, according to a person familiar with the matter, including granting some demands the Kremlin has made repeatedly since the full-scale invasion began nearly four years ago.
It was not clear what, if any, concessions the proposal asks of Russia. The same person confirmed that promises from Moscow of no further attacks are part of the framework.
As reports of the plan emerged, blindsided European diplomats insisted they and Ukraine must be consulted.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff has been quietly working on the plan for a month, receiving input from both Ukrainians and Russians on terms that are acceptable to each side, according to a senior U.S. official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
U.S. President Donald Trump, the official added, has been briefed on the plan and supports it.
The talk of a secret peace plan piled more pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is marshaling his country’s defenses against Russia’s bigger army, visiting European leaders to ensure they continue their support for Ukraine and navigating a major corruption scandal that has caused public outrage.
Several high-ranking Army officials, including Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, were in Kyiv on Thursday to give a new push to peace efforts and assess the reality on the ground in Ukraine, U.S. officials said.
Zelenskyy’s office said in a statement that he formally received the peace plan Thursday from American officials. The statement said Zelenskyy expected to talk to Trump in coming days about diplomatic opportunities and what was needed for peace.
Zelenskyy underlined Ukraine’s main conditions for peace and promised to work on the conclusions reached in the meetings with U.S. officials, the statement said.
European leaders have already been alarmed this year by indications that Trump’s administration might be sidelining them and Zelenskyy in its push to stop the fighting.
