A draft Trump-brokered peace plan offers Russia major concessions and dangles $100 billion in frozen assets, a move experts say is a “carrot” aimed at pushing the US to enforce terms widely seen as capitulation for Ukraine.
A draft 28-point peace proposal negotiated between the US and Russia would hand Moscow sweeping concessions including recognition of occupied Ukrainian territories, lifted sanctions, and reintegration into the global economy, while offering the US and Europe access to $100 billion in frozen Russian assets, described by expert Keir Giles as a payoff: “a carrot dangled in front of the Trump administration.”
The plan demands Ukraine withdraw from parts of Donetsk, cap its military, ban NATO membership in its constitution, and hold elections within 100 days, while Russia would face no prosecution for war crimes and keep most of its seized land.
Critics warn the terms amount to “a standard list of capitulation” that threatens Ukraine’s existence as a state, while President Zelensky says he seeks only a “dignified peace.”