Ukraine Just Caved To Trump’s Peace Deal That Has Putin Smiling From Ear To Ear
President Trump brokered a Gaza ceasefire that nobody thought possible and brought Hamas to the negotiating table after decades of terror.
Now Trump's turning his dealmaking prowess toward ending the bloodiest war in Europe since World War II.
And Ukraine just caved to Trump's peace deal that has Putin smiling from ear to ear.
Trump Pressures Zelensky Into Peace Framework After Gaza Success
Trump rode into office promising to end endless wars and he's delivering. The Gaza ceasefire proved Trump could broker peace where Biden failed for four years. Now Trump's putting that same pressure on Ukraine to accept reality.
A U.S. official confirmed Ukraine agreed to Trump's revised peace plan despite months of Zelensky dragging his feet.¹
"The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal," the official said. "There are some minor details to be sorted out but they have agreed to a peace deal."¹
The deal caps Ukraine's army at 800,000 troops and scraps the amnesty provisions Kyiv demanded for war crimes. Those concessions would have given Russia's military commanders a free pass. Zelensky finally realized he had no choice but to deal with Trump's terms or watch U.S. weapons supplies dry up overnight.
Trump's special envoy Army Secretary Dan Driscoll flew to Abu Dhabi to hammer out details with Russian negotiators after weekend talks with Ukraine in Geneva pushed the framework forward.²
Ukraine's national security chief Rustem Umerov posted that delegations "reached a common understanding on the core terms" and Zelensky expects to fly to Washington within days to finalize everything with Trump.²
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the U.S. made "tremendous progress" bringing both sides to the table with only "a few delicate, but not insurmountable, details" remaining.¹
Putin Expected To Reject Deal Trump Just Handed Him On Silver Platter
Here's what Trump critics don't want you to know: Putin's already positioning to reject this deal even though it gives Russia everything they wanted from the Alaska summit back in August.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the revised plan that "erased key understandings" from the Trump-Putin Alaska meeting means "the situation will be fundamentally different."¹
That Alaska summit produced Trump's original 28-point framework that would have permanently blocked Ukraine from NATO, capped their army at 600,000 troops, handed Russia the rest of Donbas as a demilitarized zone, and forced Kyiv to hold elections within 100 days.³
Every single one of those provisions got watered down or shelved after European allies freaked out. Britain, France, and Germany submitted their own modified version pushing back on troop limits and territorial concessions.¹
The new deal says Ukraine's military gets capped at 800,000 "in peacetime" instead of a blanket 600,000 limit. It also says "negotiations on territorial swaps will start from the Line of Contact" rather than pre-determining certain areas belong to Russia.¹
Trump ratcheted up pressure on Zelensky last week after his Gaza success. America's European allies were reportedly stunned Trump threatened to cut intelligence sharing and weapons supplies to force Ukraine's hand.¹
Sources claimed the White House gave Kyiv a Thursday deadline to sign or face consequences. That's the Art of the Deal in action — create urgency and force decisions.
But Putin sees weakness in the revised terms. The original Alaska framework gave Russia most of what they wanted. Now Trump and European allies backtracked on key provisions after Zelensky whined about territorial concessions.
Putin's playing the long game while Trump tries closing deals. The Russian dictator knows winter favors his position with energy leverage over Europe. He can wait out negotiations while Russian forces grind forward in Donbas taking territory daily.
Brutal Attacks Continue As Peace Talks Drag On
The peace talks haven't stopped the killing.
At least six civilians died including an 86-year-old woman as missiles rained down on the capital. Two power plants supplying hot water were destroyed leaving Kyiv facing blackouts and freezing temperatures.¹
Russia downed 249 Ukrainian drones overnight according to Moscow's Defense Ministry. Three people were killed and 16 injured in the Russian cities of Novorossiysk, Rostov-on-Don, and Krasnodar.¹
Ukraine hit back targeting a major Russian aircraft manufacturing plant that triggered what witnesses described as a "glow like after a nuclear explosion."¹
Trump deserves credit for trying to end a war that's killed 300,000 people since February 2022.
Zelensky's flying to Washington because he has no choice. Trump controls the weapons pipeline keeping Ukraine in the fight.
¹ Phillip Nieto, "Ukraine agrees to peace deal brokered by Trump, US official says," Daily Mail, November 25, 2025.
² Gordon Lubold, Courtney Kube and Yuliya Talmazan, "Ukraine says it hopes to finalize a peace deal as U.S. and Russia hold new talks," NBC News, November 25, 2025.
³ "2025 Russia–United States summit," Wikipedia, November 25, 2025.
