Disarray over leaked US-Russia peace plan is ideal scenario for Putin

<p>Ukraine has been cornered into weighing terms it cannot accept and faces threat of losing its most important ally</p><p>The Kremlin has barely lifted a finger in recent days. It hasn’t needed to.</p><p>The 28-point US-Russia peace proposal, leaked to the media last week, has thrown Washington, Kyiv and European capitals into disarray, creating precisely the conditions Vladimir Putin has long sought: a negotiating table sharply tilted in the Russian president’s favour, with Ukraine cornered into weighing terms it cannot accept and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/21/zelenskyy-says-ukraine-faces-most-difficult-moment-as-trump-pushes-plan-to-end-war">the threat of losing its most important ally</a> hanging over its head.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/24/disarray-over-leaked-us-russia-peace-plan-is-ideal-scenario-for-putin">Continue reading...</a>