Putin expresses readiness to continue the war if Ukraine refuses to sign highly flawed 28-point “peace deal”

Earlier this week, details leaked regarding a highly flawed “peace deal” jointly developed by figures close to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. On Nov. 21, Putin said Moscow is ready for a “substantive discussion” focused on “resolving problems by peaceful means,” state-owned media agency RIA Novosti reported.

According to Putin, Russia has a draft settlement proposal that was delivered to it by negotiators. As he noted, the 28-point plan, which has not been released officially and was reportedly co-produced by Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Trump advisor Steven Witkoff, could serve as the basis for an end to the fighting. At the same time, the Russian leader added that the new version of Trump’s peace plan is not being discussed with Russia in any substantive way. According to media reports, the document demands from Ukraine a number of significant concessions to Russia, including territorial ones.

Putin stressed that the U.S. has so far failed to secure Ukraine’s consent to the peace plan, claiming that Kyiv is opposed to discussing it. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his readiness to work on the document “24/7” to ensure that all of the plan’s points take into account the dignity and freedom of Ukrainians.

“There will be a constructive search for solutions with our main partner. I will lay out the arguments. I will persuade. I will offer alternatives. But one thing is certain: we will not give the enemy reasons to claim that Ukraine doesn’t want peace, that it is sabotaging the process, and that it is Ukraine that is not ready for diplomacy.”

Putin stated that the peace plan in question had been discussed even before his meeting with Trump in Alaska, saying the pause after Anchorage was due to the Ukrainian side’s refusal. However, he added that Russia is satisfied with the current course of the war and is well-positioned to achieve its goals by military means, even if the Russian Armed Forces are reaching the desired objectives “not as quickly” as he would have liked.

Meanwhile, Trump stated on Nov. 21 that he expects to receive Kyiv's response to the 28-point peace plan by next Thursday, Nov. 27.