Trump Ukraine peace

The Economist slams Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine as unrealistic, one-sided, and dangerous

Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan for Ukraine is so poorly written, vague, unbalanced, and impractical that in a rational world it never would have surfaced — and if it had leaked, it would have been quietly shelved, The Economist wrote in a scathing new editorial on Nov. 22.

23 November 2025, 10:56 AM

Stalemate over Putin-Zelenskyy meeting stalls Trump’s peace efforts

A stalemate over a potential meeting between Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dealt another blow to U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 25.

26 August 2025, 10:40 AM

WSJ: Trump listened as Putin pushed for Crimea, Donbas recognition

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin have held numerous phone conversations and exchanged messages through intermediaries, The Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 7, citing current and former U.S. officials familiar with the talks.

8 August 2025, 10:47 AM

Yermak: Trump plan to hit Russian oil buyers could end war

Ukrainian Presidential Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak said in an interview with The Times on July 17 that U.S. President Donald Trump could end the war in Ukraine by the end of 2025 if he follows through on his threat to impose major sanctions on all countries that purchase Russian oil and gas.

17 July 2025, 01:51 PM

Putin’s weakness exposed as he seeks to repackage war as ‘peace’

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is facing growing challenges as he tries to maintain a strongman image while quietly signaling a desire to end the war in Ukraine on his terms, world media reported on March 7, noting that Moscow appears increasingly desperate for a way out while refusing to cede occupied territory.

7 March 2025, 11:41 AM

Putin rejects Trump team's peace plan proposal — ISW

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed a peace plan proposal developed by the team of incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in its report on Dec. 26.

28 December 2024, 11:42 PM

Zelenskyy open to peace as Trump formulates plan to end Ukraine war

President-elect Donald Trump told The New York Post on Dec. 8 that he is "formulating a concept" for peace in Ukraine. He also noted that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has "lost," citing an estimated 700,000 casualties on the battlefield.

9 December 2024, 12:40 PM

Trump's Ukraine peace plan faces skepticism

Yevhen Kostohryzov, an analyst at the Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism,” weighed in during an interview with Radio NV on whether U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could immediately bring Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table after his inauguration.

16 November 2024, 03:17 PM

Trump Ukraine peace