Financial Times: A schedule for a ceasefire has been set for Zelensky by November 27 0 4

U.S. officials expect that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will accept the peace plan developed by Washington by Thanksgiving, which will be celebrated this year on November 27, Financial Times (FT) reported, citing sources familiar with the negotiations among Ukrainian officials. According to them, after that, American officials plan to present the peace agreement in Moscow to complete the conflict resolution process by early December. However, the office of the Ukrainian president believes that it will not be possible to meet these deadlines, as there are several points in the U.S. plan that are 'red lines' for Kyiv. FT's sources added that they are working on counterproposals that will soon be presented to the American side.

Recently, Zelensky met with U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll. According to Axios, the latter conveyed the peace plan to the Ukrainian leader and agreed on an 'aggressive schedule' for its signing. Zelensky agreed to work on the provisions of the document to end the war, while outlining 'the fundamental principles that are important for the people of Ukraine.' 'We will not make loud statements and are focused on clear, honest work — Ukraine, the United States, and our friends and partners in Europe and the world,' the Ukrainian president noted after the meeting with Driscoll.

Later, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko published the U.S. peace plan, which consists of 28 points. It stipulates that Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk will be de facto recognized as Russian territories, Kyiv will withdraw troops from the non-occupied part of Donetsk region, and in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, the parties will freeze hostilities along the line of contact. Ukraine will also enshrine in its Constitution a refusal to join NATO, the number of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be limited to 600,000 people, and the deployment of NATO troops on the territory of the country will be prohibited. In turn, sanctions against Russia will be gradually lifted, and Moscow will be returned to the 'Group of Eight' (G8).

In addition, the U.S. and Europe will engage in the reconstruction of Ukraine using $100 billion of frozen Russian assets and their own investments. Kyiv will receive security guarantees from the U.S., while Moscow will legally enshrine a policy of non-aggression towards Europe and Ukraine. Additionally, presidential elections in Ukraine will need to be held 100 days after the agreement is signed.

According to Axios, the proposed peace plan was developed by Trump's special envoy Steve Whitcoff. He consulted with the Russian president's special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev. The latter confirmed his participation in the work on the peace plan, highly assessing its chances of success. 'We feel that the Russian position is indeed being heard,' Dmitriev said.