Q&A: How credible is the US peace plan?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The question on everyone’s minds this week is whether the war in Ukraine is any closer to coming to an end. We’ve dedicated the entire Q&A today to the US-brokered peace plan and the details that will determine whether Ukraine and Russia can agree on a number of key issues relating to territory, military numbers and the critical question of security guarantees for Ukraine.
In today’s episode, James is joined by Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, Chief International correspondent Lyse Doucet and Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford to unpack how Ukraine, Russia and Europe may respond to a frantic week of diplomacy.
Today’s episode is presented by James Waterhouse.
The producers were George Dabby and Laura Cain. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. The series producer is Chris Flynn. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | It has been 1,373 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:12.0 | And this week, the story took a dramatic turn. |
| 0:16.0 | A leaked 28-point US peace plan has sparked intense debate and urgent diplomacy. |
| 0:22.3 | People are starting to realize it's a good deal for both parties. |
| 0:25.9 | They've got to stop the war. |
| 0:27.4 | They're losing a lot of people, a lot of soldiers, mostly soldiers. |
| 0:31.4 | Putin wants legal recognition for what he has stolen to break the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty. |
| 0:41.4 | Every time there is serious progress towards negotiations that can bring about a real peace, |
| 0:49.2 | the violence escalates. We have seen this before. |
| 0:53.7 | Since that leak, crunch talks in Geneva have revisited every detail of the proposal. |
| 1:00.0 | Now a senior US official says Ukraine has accepted the deal. |
| 1:04.0 | Kiev is choosing its words a bit more carefully, saying there is a common understanding. |
| 1:09.0 | But Russia, as ever, is keeping its cards closer. |
| 1:14.0 | We have channels of communication with our US counterparts, and we're using them. |
| 1:19.0 | We expect to receive what they consider to be the interim version of the plan |
| 1:23.8 | after they've coordinated with the Europeans and the Ukrainians. |
| 1:29.2 | Then we'll review it, coordinated with the Europeans and the Ukrainians, then we'll review it. |
| 1:35.1 | Because if the spirit and letter of Anchorage, the key understandings we reached, are stripped out, then it will be a fundamentally different situation. |
| 1:40.5 | Today I'm joined by an incredible team of BBC journalists from across the globe. |
| 1:45.8 | We will break down what's in this peace plan, what it means for the future of this war, |
| 1:51.7 | and we're going to answer your questions on the events shaping this pivotal week. |
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