STORY: :: Trump says Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy will 'have to like' the U.S. peace plan
:: November 21, 2025
:: Washington, D.C.
REPORTER: "President Zelenskiy said today that his country would risk either giving up a partner or giving up its dignity. There's been criticism that this deal...
TRUMP: "You mean he doesn't like it? Well, he'll have to like it. And if he doesn't like it, then, you know, they should just keep fighting, I guess." //
"Yeah, we have a way of getting peace. We think we have a way of getting peace. He's going to have to approve it." //
"...it does take two to tango. And now you just see all the death and, you know, it doesn't affect us other than the fact that we don't want to see all those people dead. Really, it's on the other side of the ocean. That's a war that should have never happened. It did happen."
Washington's 28-point plan calls on Ukraine to cede territory, accept limits to its military and renounce ambitions to join NATO. It also contains some proposals Moscow may object to and requires its forces to pull back from some areas they have captured, according to a draft seen by Reuters.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who has previously refused to budge on Russia's key territorial and security demands, said on Friday the U.S. plan could be the basis of a final resolution of the nearly four-year-old conflict. He said Kyiv was against the plan but neither it nor its European allies understood the reality of Russian advances in Ukraine.
