Johnson called US peace plan 'a complete capitulation' and betrayal

Johnson writes that Vladimir Putin "cannot help but smile" this Saturday at what he describes as the incompetence of his opponents and the remarkable weakness of the West.

According to him, Russia has lost "more than a million soldiers, killed and wounded, trying to subdue Ukraine," has still failed to capture more than 20 percent of the country’s territory, and its economy is collapsing. Yet, he says, Western officials are now talking about a new 28-point plan to end the war, a plan he suggests "might as well have been written in the Kremlin."

He argues that the so-called peace plan calls for "the military castration of Ukraine."

He states that it demands a Russian veto over Ukraine’s NATO membership and Russian control over the presence of any foreign troops on Ukrainian soil. He adds that the document is a complete betrayal of Ukraine, leaving the country under constant threat of a third invasion.

According to Johnson, this is "a complete capitulation by Ukraine’s so-called friends" and compares it to Munich.

He also claims that the protests voiced by Western countries against the plan sound muted.

He asks where Ukraine’s allies are, arguing that Ukrainians have been given an ultimatum to start negotiations under humiliating conditions. He questions the stance of countries like the United Kingdom, which had long positioned themselves as a resolute opponent of Russian expansionism.

US peace plan for Ukraine

In recent days, the US administration unveiled a so-called peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine. Among its 28 points are Ukraine’s withdrawal from Donetsk, Luhansk, and the occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions in exchange for security guarantees. The document, developed by US and Russian representatives, also calls for reducing the size of Ukraine’s military and granting Russia a veto over NATO accession.

European leaders reacted with outrage and quickly began drafting their own alternative plan.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump set a deadline for Ukraine to accept the plan by 27 November or risk facing a worse proposal later. However, on 22 November, Trump acknowledged that the document is not final and could be revised.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Ukrainians about the US plan, stressing that the country may soon face a difficult choice: to lose its dignity or risk losing a key partner.

Representatives of the United States, the EU trio, and Ukraine are expected to meet in Geneva in the coming days to discuss the American proposal. Zelenskyy promised that Ukraine would defend its interests in Switzerland.

For its part, the Kremlin complained that it had not heard any confirmation that Ukraine was ready to discuss the peace plan, according to Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.