
Ukrainian soldiers operate near Chasiv Yar frontline in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Photo: EPA-EFE/24TH MECHANIZED BRIGADE PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT
Andriy Yermak, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has dismissed a supposedly leaked “100-day plan” to end the war in Ukraine that was published by Ukrainian news outlet Strana.ua on Sunday as “fake”.
“No ‘100-day peace plan’ as reported by the media exists in reality,” he wrote. “These are just fakes that are often legitimised by the Russians.”
The peace plan published by Strana.ua provides for a series of phone calls between Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in late January and early February, followed by a discussion of the outlined steps to end the war with the Ukrainian government in February, after which peace talks can either be paused or continued depending on whether or not “common ground” can be found between Moscow and Kyiv.
Should the talks continue, the plan requires Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to rescind the presidential order banning negotiation with Putin to allow trilateral talks between Trump, Zelensky and Putin to be held in late February or March, at which the basic parameters of the peace plan are to be approved.
On 20 April, an Easter truce is planned along the frontline in Ukraine, by which date Ukraine is required to withdraw all of its troops from western Russia’s Kursk region. Both sides are expected to sign a peace treaty to end hostilities and exchange all prisoners of war by 9 May.
Other conditions of the reported deal include a Ukrainian commitment not to join NATO, a decision that must be approved at a NATO summit; though Ukraine will be expected to join the EU by 2030, with the bloc committing itself to fund the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. Kyiv will also abandon any “military and diplomatic efforts” to recover its territories currently occupied by Russian forces.
Ukraine will not be required to reduce the size of its army, while the US would pledge to continue its support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Donald Trump had made bringing the war in Ukraine to an end as quickly as possible one of his central campaign pledges, sparking fears that the US could push Kyiv into making significant concessions to reach a peace deal acceptable to the Kremlin.