STORY: Here are the key points from the U.S. drafted peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine
The plan locks in Russia's battlefield gains since February 2022, almost one-fifth of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has previously ruled out gifting Moscow any territory.
Ukraine would also to have to cede the rest of Donetsk to Russia - an area it currently controls.
Russia would not be allowed to garrison that territory which would become a neutal demilitarized buffer zone controlled by and belonging to Moscow.
Under the plan, Ukraine could not join or be admitted to the U.S.-led NATO military alliance.
NATO itself would commit to not expand further, a key Russian demand.
Meanwhile, there would be an "expectation" Moscow would not invade its neighbors.
NATO troops could not be stationed in Ukraine, and Kyiv would also be forced to cap the size of its army at 600,000 troops.
The force currently stands at roughly 1 million.
Kyiv would also have to drop plans to pursue legal cases seeking to prove that Moscow committed war crimes, something Russia denies.
Western governments have frozen about $300 billion of Russian assets as punishment for starting the war.
Under the U.S. plan, Russia would have to hand over $100 billion to Washington.
The money would help rebuild Ukraine, with the U.S. reaping 50% of the profits from that work.
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Ukraine would also be forced to swallow a bitter pill by not being able to seek reparations for war damage from Russia through the courts.
