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Emrys

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1. Text of the Ukraine Russia Peace Deal Framework
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 08:35 PM
Saturday
1. Ukraine’s sovereignty will be confirmed.

2. A full and comprehensive non-aggression agreement will be concluded between Russia, Ukraine, and Europe. All ambiguities of the last 30 years will be considered resolved.

3. Russia will not invade neighbouring countries, and Nato will not expand further.

4. A US-mediated dialogue will be held between Russia and Nato to resolve security issues, create conditions for de-escalation, ensure global security, and improve opportunities for cooperation and future economic growth.

5. Ukraine will receive reliable security guarantees.

6. The size of Ukraine’s Armed Forces will be limited to 600,000 personnel [down from about 1mn currently].

7. Ukraine will enshrine in its Constitution that it will not join Nato, and Nato will adopt a provision stating that Ukraine will not be admitted at any time in the future.

8. Nato will not deploy its troops in Ukraine.

9. European Nato forces will be stationed in Poland.

10. US security guarantees:

a. The US will receive compensation for providing guarantees.

b. If Ukraine invades Russia, it will lose the guarantees.

c. If Russia invades Ukraine (except for a rapid coordinated military response), all global sanctions will be restored and recognition of new territories will be revoked.

d. If Ukraine unintentionally fires a missile at Moscow or St. Petersburg, the guarantees become invalid.

11. Ukraine may apply for EU membership and will receive short-term preferential access to the European market pending review.

12. A global reconstruction package for Ukraine will include:

a. A fund for investing in high-tech sectors (transport, logistics, data centres, AI).

b. US–Ukraine cooperation on restoring and operating gas infrastructure (pipelines, storage).

c. Joint efforts to rebuild war-affected territories, cities, and residential areas.

d. Infrastructure development.

e. Extraction of minerals and natural resources.

f. A World Bank financing package to accelerate reconstruction.

13. Russia will be reintegrated into the global economy:

a. Sanctions relief will be discussed and agreed individually and gradually.

b. The US will sign a long-term economic cooperation agreement with Russia covering energy, resources, infrastructure, AI, data centres, Arctic rare-earth mining, and other corporate opportunities.

c. Russia will be invited to return to the G8.

14. Frozen Russian assets:

a. $100bn will be invested in US-led reconstruction projects in Ukraine.

b. The US will receive 50% of profits from these projects.

c. Europe will add another $100bn for Ukraine’s reconstruction.

d. European frozen assets will be unfrozen.

e. Remaining Russian assets will be invested in a special US–Russia investment instrument for joint projects aimed at strengthening mutual interests and long-term stability.

15. A joint US–Ukraine–Russia working group on security issues will be established to monitor compliance with the agreement.

16. Russia will legally adopt a policy of non-aggression toward Europe and Ukraine.

17. The US and Russia will extend nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear arms control treaties, including START-1.

18. Ukraine will remain a non-nuclear state under the NPT.

19. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant will be restarted under IAEA supervision, with electricity output divided equally (50/50) between Russia and Ukraine.

20. Both countries will implement educational programs fostering cultural tolerance, understanding, and the elimination of racism and prejudice:

a. Ukraine will adopt EU standards on religious tolerance and minority protection.

b. Both sides will lift discriminatory measures and guarantee equal access for Ukrainian and Russian media and education.

c. Nazi ideology and activity will be banned in both countries.

21. Territorial arrangements:

a. Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk will be recognized de facto as Russian, including by the United States.

b. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia will be frozen along current front lines.

c. Russia renounces claims to any other territories it controls beyond these five regions.

d. Ukrainian troops will withdraw from the part of Donetsk region they currently control; this zone becomes a demilitarized neutral buffer internationally recognized as Russian Federation territory. Russian forces will not enter the demilitarized zone.

22. Future territorial arrangements cannot be changed by force; security guarantees will not apply if violated.

23. Russia will not obstruct Ukraine’s commercial use of the Dnipro River, and agreements will be reached on free grain shipments via the Black Sea.

24. A humanitarian committee will resolve outstanding issues:

a. Prisoners and bodies exchanged under “all for all.”

b. All civilian detainees and hostages returned, including children.

c. Family reunification program.

d. Measures to alleviate suffering of conflict victims.

25. Ukraine will hold elections within 100 days.

26. All parties to the conflict will receive full amnesty for wartime actions and agree not to file claims or pursue grievances.

27. The agreement will be legally binding. Its implementation will be monitored and guaranteed by a Peace Council chaired by Donald J. Trump. Sanctions will apply to violators.

28. After all sides agree, the ceasefire will take effect immediately once both sides withdraw to the agreed starting lines.

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