A Blueprint for Ukrainian Surrender

The draft proposal represents a betrayal for Ukraine and a humiliation for the West.

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A Ukrainian serviceman observes an area from a hospital damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, November 13, 2025.

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If the leaked peace proposal for Ukraine were intended as dark satire, it would be grimly effective. As a serious diplomatic framework endorsed by some American negotiators, it is a tragedy. The proposal does not merely ask Ukraine to accept an unequal peace; it demands that they attend Vladimir Putin’s victory parade, funded by the West.

Amid an outcry over the terms, U.S. officials reportedly have worked to revise the draft; as National Review’s editorial says, let’s hope the proposal improves from here.

Gregory W. Slayton

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Gregory W. Slayton

Gregory W. Slayton is a former senior U.S. diplomat, chairman of Slayton Capital, and author of Portraits of Ukraine: A Nation at War.

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