According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is relaying information to his comrades in western sympathetic media based on the private conversation he is having with Trump emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the U.S. team has probed the willingness of Russia to accept Ukraine entering into the protection of NATO in exchange for Ukraine pulling back completely from the Donbas region in Eastern Ukraine.
Now, here we must overlay a tremendous amount of background context, starting with the U.S. team being diplomatically private (as they should), while contrast against the Ukraine Team -specifically Zelenskyy- making private conversations very public in order to bolster his western support system. Keep this aspect in mind.
Zelenskyy is deflecting leadership by refusing to negotiate as an elected Ukrainian voice and instead making things public under the justification of his desire to make the Ukraine people the determining factor. This is a method of weaponized democracy, where ‘paralysis by analysis’ is the outcome.
That said, the baseline of the proposal is the U.S. offering NATO-type protection, entirely led by and the responsibility of Europe in Ukraine. The U.S. will NOT put American military on the ground in Ukraine under any circumstance. The absence of the U.S. military is intended to provide Russia with security guarantees because Putin knows that Europe alone cannot, is not and will not pose a substantive military threat. Without the USA military the EU-NATO team is irrelevant.
In exchange for Putin accepting an EU-NATO security element in Ukraine, Zelenskyy will cede the Donbas region back to the care and custody of Russia. That’s the general proposal.
According to what can be discerned by Zelenskyy’s leaks to media, Putin is open to this approach. Russia gets the Donbas, Ukraine officially gets European military support, but all interests must accept that the USA will not be a participant in any security measure. This is seemingly Trump approved, but this is where it gets sticky.
EU-NATO members will not publicly admit, but they know in private, that without the USA military supporting them they are not in any position to challenge Russia should conflict reignite. Europe just doesn’t have the military capability on its own to fight a Russian military system. However, they will not admit this truth publicly.
Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin and his officials are not talking details in public. President Donald Trump and his emissary team are not talking details in public. Only Zelenskyy and his European codependent enablers are talking in public. That’s the current dynamic. [Additionally, this constant need for an EU public relations approach, is one of the core reasons we have consistently called this “World War Reddit.”]
You can read the information from the Ukraine Independent about Zelenskyy’s comments HERE.
To position against the Ukraine public narrative being promoted by western media, Jared Kushner made the following statement on X platform:
“Following our trilateral meetings and subsequent discussions with Presidents Putin and Zelenskyy, Witkoff and I have remained in close consultation with Russia, Ukraine, and our European partners on next steps.
Our focus now is on facilitating direct engagement between Moscow and European partners and preparing the agenda for the next round of trilateral talks.
Several new ideas emerged from these discussions and are now being explored. Some may lead to breakthroughs directly, while others may evolve into new proposals that help bridge the remaining gaps.
As President Donald Trump has made clear, A lasting peace requires credible security guarantees for Ukraine and detailed, actionable postwar security arrangements that reduce the risk of another war. NATO will remain a critical pillar of European security, enhanced by stronger mechanisms for military, communication, deconfliction, and reciprocal de-escalation, with practical ways to address disputes before they become crises. This is why we are working to bring our European partners directly into these discussions. Any final agreement must be agreed to by the relevant parties, and President Trump will only support arrangements that strengthen Ukraine’s and Europe’s security and make future conflict less likely.
The press has reported some of the maximalist positions proposed by both sides, along with strong political rhetoric. In our private discussions, both sides understand that practical compromises will be necessary to end this war. Serious and constructive work continues among those of us committed to finding solutions.
The human cost of this war is devastating, and the issues remain extraordinarily difficult. However, we are determined to continue the hard work, maintain the confidentiality necessary for sensitive negotiations, and find a pathway to end this horrible war and establish a durable peace.” {link}
It is important for interested observers to note the upcoming meeting between President Trump, President Putin and Chairman Xi that is scheduled to happen on/around the APEC summit on November 18 and 19.
Trump, Xi and Putin represent an approach to energy development that is against the 30-year interests of the banking and finance construct from the net-zero carbon trading team of London and Europe. From the perspective of the “Climate Change” organizers the trio represent an existential threat. There are trillions at stake.
Zelenskyy and his codependent enablers from the EU/Canada will try and create as much conflict as possible in order to impede any reasonable discussion between Trump, Putin and Xi.
Hence, we are seeing this:
BREAKING: Ukraine has just struck Russia's Nizhnekamsk oil refinery, one of the country's largest refineries, setting the complex ablaze.
It processes 16 to 17 million tonnes of crude oil a year, and sits 1,200 kilometres from the front. pic.twitter.com/pXr8BBmQBR
— The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) November 15, 2026


1. Another fake deal publicized by the EU to keep this war front & center in US media.
2. EU-NATO members know they will never fund Ukrainian security measures.
3. Zelly does not want an end. He knows there is a $15B Ukraine war aid bill in Congress that D’s will pass early 2027.
They can pass it. President Trump will veto it.