The terms—several of which have been dropped, walked back, or otherwise modified by Trump’s national security team—would have obliged Ukraine to cede strategically vital territories in its east that Russia has been unable to conquer, even at the cost of huge losses of troops. Equally disastrous for Kyiv were clauses that would have required it to reduce the size of its armed forces, permanently barred it from entering NATO, and restituted billions of dollars of assets seized from Russia, enabling Ukraine’s aggressor to rapidly rearm.
When U.S. President Donald Trump’s 28-point plan for peace in Ukraine first leaked in late November, its potential consequences were widely viewed as an unmitigated disaster for the besieged country.
When U.S. President Donald Trump’s 28-point plan for peace in Ukraine first leaked in late November, its potential consequences were widely viewed as an unmitigated disaster for the besieged country.
The terms—several of which have been dropped, walked back, or otherwise modified by Trump’s national security team—would have obliged Ukraine to cede strategically vital territories in its east that Russia has been unable to conquer, even at the cost of huge losses of troops. Equally disastrous for Kyiv were clauses that would have required it to reduce the size of its armed forces, permanently barred it from entering NATO, and restituted billions of dollars of assets seized from Russia, enabling Ukraine’s aggressor to rapidly rearm.
But as bad as the ill-fated plan might have been for Ukraine, its implicatio
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