Zelensky Embraces New Peace Plan Amendments Amid Ongoing Conflict

Fri Dec 05 2025 13:08:16 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed a revised peace plan to end the ongoing war with Russia, highlighting significant changes made to favor Ukraine's position.

President Zelensky expressed optimism regarding proposed amendments to a 28-point peace plan aimed at resolving the war with Russia. The changes, drafted by Ukraine's European allies, removed sections that benefitted Russia's interests. While acknowledging the challenges ahead, Zelensky noted the revised measures make the path to peace more achievable. Meanwhile, ongoing Russian attacks in Kyiv disrupt vital services, underscoring the urgency of negotiations for a peaceful resolution.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed proposed changes to the controversial 28-point peace plan for ending the war with Russia. It appears Ukraine's European allies produced an amended version of the plan after rejecting parts which favoured Russia's war aims.

Now the list of necessary steps to end the war can become doable... Zelensky said on Telegram. Many correct elements have been incorporated into this framework.

Later, in the early hours of Tuesday, Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko said a wave of Russian missile and drone attacks hit an apartment building in the capital and disrupted electricity and water supplies.

Ukraine's Ministry of Energy also confirmed a massive, combined enemy attack on the country's energy infrastructure facilities.

U.S. and Ukrainian officials met in Geneva on Sunday to discuss the plan, drafted by American and Russian officials in October, which had caused consternation in Kyiv and among its European allies.

Russian representatives did not take part in the meeting in Switzerland.

A Kremlin official rejected the amendments on Monday as completely unconstructive.

In Geneva, the talks began with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio having to deny the 28-point plan advocated by Trump had been written by the Kremlin, as several of its elements seemed heavily geared towards Moscow's longstanding demands.

Zelensky said on Monday evening that the revised plan was truly the right approach. The sensitive issues, the most delicate points, I will discuss with President Trump, he added, without saying when.

According to an official in Zelensky's office, the 28-point plan leaked on Friday no longer existed. Speaking to the Financial Times, Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergiy Kyslytsa, who attended the weekend talks in Geneva, said the latest plan consisted of just 19 points, with some of the most politically sensitive elements, including territorial concessions, now due to be decided by the leaders themselves.