Cheat Sheet | Trump's plan for peace in Ukraine, energy bills cap, The Ashes
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he's ready to work on a peace plan put together by just the US and Russia. UK drugs could be funding Russia's war effort. Plus, energy bills will rise by 0.2% in January, 35% higher than they were before the Ukraine war.
And the Ashes are off to a worrying start for England, but there's still hope yet.
Anna Jones and Kamali Melbourne have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheet, the podcast that gets you up to speed with all you need to know without the doom scrolling. |
| 0:08.3 | I'm Anna Jones. And I'm Kamali Melbourne. We have done all that doom scrolling for you, so you don't have to. |
| 0:13.8 | It's Friday the 21st November. It is a cold one. The frost on the windscreens I left the house this morning, Anna, what's been happening? |
| 0:21.5 | Well, President Zelensky says he's received a peace proposal to end the war in Ukraine, |
| 0:26.4 | put together by just America and Russia, it seems. He's posted on social media that he's ready to work on the plan. |
| 0:33.3 | Yeah, the National Crime Agency are saying that drug deals here in the UK could be helping to fund Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:41.8 | And Australia and England are contesting the ashes in Perth. |
| 0:45.1 | And it's not a very good start for the tourists. |
| 0:47.4 | I can say that again. |
| 0:50.9 | So Ukraine's President Zelensky says he's received a draft of a U.S. peace plan reportedly put |
| 0:56.6 | together by just America and Russia to end the war in Ukraine. And he's posted on social media |
| 1:02.1 | that he's ready to work with the U.S. on the proposals to make them a reality. |
| 1:16.9 | He said that he won't be making any rash decisions, though, and is committed to clear, honest work. |
| 1:24.3 | The 28-point proposal reportedly includes some significant concessions for Ukraine, |
| 1:31.3 | including giving up the Donbass region and reducing the size of its military. And it's not clear if any concessions are being asked of Moscow. |
| 1:44.2 | Yeah, I mean, concessions from Moscow will come potentially in the form of them signing into law, a promise that they won't invade Ukraine or another European country. I mean, you can imagine the weight that can be given to a promise from the Putin administration. |
| 1:45.8 | And what else do we know about these proposals? |
| 1:47.8 | They're not favourable to Ukraine. |
| 1:52.5 | They seem to be all Russia's maximalist proposals from the very beginning of the war, |
| 1:59.2 | including that reduction in territory sides, including the fact that they can never join NATO again. I mean, the territory thing is really key because |
| 2:01.9 | they're going to have to give up territory that they haven't actually lost yet, |
| 2:05.5 | territory that Russia hasn't yet been able to take. They'll have to massively reduce the size of |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sky News, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Sky News and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.