US President Donald Trump has reportedly given quiet approval to a 28-point proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a report by NBC News that cites a senior administration official.
According to the report, senior members of Trump’s team have been shaping the framework discreetly over the past several weeks, holding discussions with Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev as well as Ukrainian officials. The process is said to mirror the approach behind Trump’s earlier 20-point Gaza plan, which partly inspired this new proposal.
According to the report, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff is heading the initiative to shape the proposal, which is divided into four main components: achieving peace in Ukraine, providing security guarantees, ensuring stability in Europe, and outlining future US relations with both Russia and Ukraine.
Officials have confirmed Trump’s approval but declined to reveal the specifics, noting that the plan remains a draft and will undergo negotiation among all key parties. Three US officials told NBC that Ukraine has not yet been formally presented with the proposal and that its completion aligned with a visit to Kyiv by a US Army delegation.
The American delegation reached Kyiv on Wednesday with two main goals, US and European officials said: to discuss military strategy and technological needs with Ukrainian leaders, and to help revive a peace process that has stalled as the war continues to drag on.
Peace negotiations over Ukraine have remained at a standstill since Trump and Putin met in Alaska in August. Russia dismissed Trump’s call for an immediate halt to the fighting last month, leading him to cancel a scheduled summit in Hungary and issue sanctions against the country’s two biggest oil firms.
Russia-Ukraine War
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked Europe’s largest conflict in decades. Fighting remains intense across the east and south, where drone strikes, missile attacks, and heavy ground battles have destroyed towns and displaced millions. With neither side making decisive gains and the humanitarian toll continuing to rise, the newly drafted peace plan is being watched closely for any sign that the long, brutal war may finally inch toward de-escalation.
