A week. It is the deadline that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, foresees for his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyj, to respond to the 28-point peace plan drawn up between Washington and Moscow. In statements to the Fox Radio network, the Republican said that next Thursday, Thanksgiving Day in the United States, is an “opportune time” for Kiev to decide whether to accept the proposal, which would force it to cede territory and give the green light to what have so far been Ukrainian red lines in negotiations.
It is the first time that Trump has spoken publicly about the plan that US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll presented to Zelenskiy during a meeting in Kiev this Thursday, which calls for, among other things, a reduction in Ukraine’s armed forces and for the occupied country to cede control of Donetsk province to Russia, of which Moscow currently occupies much, but not all.
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