CNN: Trump wants Ukraine, Russia to agree on peace deal by end of year

Administration of the President of the United States Donald Trump wants Russia and Ukraine to agree on a peace deal by the end of the year. This was reported by the TV channel CNN with reference to unnamed interlocutors familiar with the matter.

They said that the White House is rushing to come up with a framework agreement to end the war, modeled on the Gaza agreement that Trump promoted, despite the fact that the Ukrainian side and European allies were not actually involved in the preparation of the plan.

The interlocutors noted that the desire to resume negotiations has become a priority for the American president again in recent weeks, shortly after the United States helped to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza.

They added that Trump has said he wants to speed up the timeline for ending Russia's war against Ukraine, hoping to end a conflict that he once publicly stated would be easy to resolve.

Some U.S. officials have said that the administration wants Russia and Ukraine to agree on a deal by the end of the year, the two interlocutors emphasized.

The full-scale war, which has been going on for almost four years, has fueled the discontent of the US president, who regularly boasts of his ability to make deals and believes he has not been given enough recognition for his recent diplomatic successes, the sources said.

Reuters, citing anonymous interlocutors, wrote that the United States threatened to terminate assistance in Ukraine to force it to agree to a framework peace agreement brokered by Washington. The United States wants it signed by November 27.

• On November 20, NBC News reported that Trump approved a new 28-point plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine. It provides for Ukraine's abandonment of Donbas and some weapons, as well as a reduction in the number of the Armed Forces up to 600,000 and other concessions, mostly from Kyiv.
• All 28 points of the plan are here.
• On November 20, the OP reported that Zelenskyy received from the US draft plan.