Will Ukraine and Europe accept a US-Russian peace plan?

乌克兰和欧洲会接受美俄和平计划吗?

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2025-11-21

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The US has presented Kyiv with a draft peace plan that appears to favour many of Russia's demands over those of the Ukrainians. The widely-leaked US plan includes proposals that the Ukrainian government had previously ruled out, such as ceding areas of the eastern Donetsk region that it still controls. Will Ukraine and Europe accept it? Also in the programme: Why some South African women are training to use guns; the latest controversy around this year's Miss Universe; and  we'll talk about Frida Kahlo's art and the pop-culture phenomenon the Mexican artist has become. (Photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a joint press conference in Ankara, Turkey, on 19 November 2025. Credit: Umit Bektas/Reuters)
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  • the word from the White House is that behind the scenes work on a new 28-point peace plan for Ukraine has been going on for about a month.

  • The problem for Ukraine and for Europe is that they weren't involved in that effort in any way.

  • European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the situation was not acceptable.

  • Yesterday, a 28-point plan was made public.

  • We will discuss the situation both with European leaders and with leaders here in the sidelines of the G20.

  • I will also reach out to President Zelensky to discuss the matter.

  • Important is a key principle.

  • We have always upheld and that is nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.

  • Volodymyr Zelensky gave a guarded response to the plan,