Donald Trump has reportedly endorsed a peace plan that would see Ukraine cede the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics to Russia in exchange for a ceasefire in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. This proposal emerged after Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, and is said to be supported by Moscow, though details remain unconfirmed.
The plan, according to US media, would involve Ukraine relinquishing control over the areas still under its administration in Donbass, while Moscow would agree to cease hostilities along the current front lines in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. The proposal is set to be discussed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Western leaders at the White House, although Zelensky has explicitly ruled out any territorial concessions to Moscow. Meanwhile, the Kremlin has not yet commented on the alleged terms of the arrangement, continuing to demand full recognition of its territorial claims.
Reports from the New York Times and Fox News claim that during the upcoming meeting with Zelensky and Western European leaders at the White House, Trump will propose that Kiev relinquish the areas of the new Russian territories in Donbass still under Ukrainian control. The Kremlin, in turn, would agree to cease hostilities along the current front line in Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, which also became part of Russia after referendums in 2022. However, these reports are based on anonymous European officials and have not been officially verified by the US administration or the Ukrainian government.
Zelensky has repeatedly ruled out any territorial concessions to Moscow, emphasizing that Ukraine will not recognize the Russian annexation of Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye, or Kherson. The US special envoy to Ukraine, Steve Witkoff, claimed that Moscow had