Breaking: Zelensky ‘agrees’ to Trump’s amended peace deal – but is all as it seems?
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,370.
Today, as the United States holds secret talks with separate Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Abu Dhabi, we unpack the emerging 19-point peace plan – and react live on air to breaking reports that President Zelensky has agreed to the framework of a potential deal. We then gauge the mood in Europe’s capitals: is this a moment of quiet strategy and resolution, or rising panic as the diplomatic landscape shifts beneath their feet?
Contributors
Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Zelensky ‘agrees’ to Trump’s amended peace deal (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/25/russia-ukraine-zelensky-putin-war-latest-news5338/
Trump and Zelensky set for crunch talks on peace plan (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/24/trump-zelensky-ukraine-peace-plan-talks/
Battle for Ukraine splits Trump’s top team (The Telegraph):
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/11/25/ukraines-future-depends-who-wins-battle-white-house/
How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world (Axios):
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/trump-ukraine-plan-28-points-back-story
Japan to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan, Defence Minister says
US and Ukraine draft new 19-point peace plan but defer biggest decisions (Financial Times):
https://www.ft.com/content/883e5a47-430c-4fc2-85ee-cd6af9bb599d
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. I'm Francis Dernley and this is Ukraine, the latest. Today, as the United States |
| 0:15.3 | holds secret talks with separate Ukrainian and Russian delegations, we unpack the emerging 19-point peace plan and react |
| 0:22.7 | live on air to breaking reports Ukraine has agreed to the framework of a potential deal. |
| 0:28.5 | We then gauge the mood in Europe's capitals. |
| 0:30.8 | Is this a moment of quiet strategy and resolution or rising panic as the diplomatic landscape |
| 0:37.3 | shifts beneath their feet. |
| 0:40.4 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:49.7 | Russia does not want peace. |
| 0:51.2 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine also our freedom and our European Writers. If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. We can't as European |
| 1:10.9 | let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:13.4 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 1:15.3 | We're strong. |
| 1:16.6 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 1:19.6 | It's Tuesday, the 25th of November, |
| 1:22.1 | three years and 276 days |
| 1:24.5 | since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:26.6 | And today, I'm joined by the Telegraph's |
| 1:28.4 | Associate Editor for Defence, Dominic Nichols, our Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes and our Berlin correspondent |
| 1:33.8 | James Rothwell, dialing in from Belgium and Berlin, respectively. But first, the key developments |
| 1:40.5 | of the past 24 hours. First, there was the 28-point US-Russia plan. Then there was |
| 1:49.9 | Europe's counter plan, which was either 28 points, 27 or 24, depending on which version you read. |
| 1:56.6 | A plan firmly rejected by Moscow after our broadcast yesterday. |
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