S8 Ep122: The Unacceptable Price of Peace: Ukraine's Sticking Points — John Hardie — John Hardie details the Russian-drafted 28-point peace plan, which demanded Ukraine's withdrawal from Donbass, prohibition of NATO accession, and limitations on military force size
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🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.5 | Here's John Batchelor. |
| 0:12.0 | This is CBS I on the World. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm John Batchel with Bill Rajo, my colleague and co-host. |
| 0:17.4 | He's a senior fellow at the FD, keeping the Long War Journal where you can see routinely |
| 0:22.3 | reporting from our colleague John Hardy, eyes on Ukraine, eyes on Ukraine in Moscow and Washington |
| 0:29.0 | and Brussels, all of them now part of the conversation as the story moves underneath us, |
| 0:35.6 | a 28-point plan from representatives of Mr. Putin and Mr. |
| 0:41.4 | Trump, the two men working together, Dimitriov and Whitkoff. |
| 0:46.6 | However, now we have news from Europe that the foreign ministers, along with the Secretary of State, |
| 0:51.8 | they're the same thing, country by country, |
| 1:01.9 | are looking to meet. And at the same time, we have a document, a 19-point plan that is said to be a product of the U.S. negotiating directly with Keefe, something that was not apparent in the |
| 1:07.3 | first document. We're very pleased and privileged to welcome John Hardy of FDD to |
| 1:12.5 | help us comment on what we know is in the plan of the 28 points. We're not certain that it's in |
| 1:20.3 | the 19, although we're told that the 19 avoided the messy part, which Bill is about to identify. |
| 1:26.7 | Bill, your question for John. |
| 1:30.0 | Yeah, John, there are several issues, as John mentioned, |
| 1:33.5 | that seem to be sticking points here. |
| 1:37.9 | The NATO-like security guarantee, no NATO troops in Ukraine, |
| 1:43.4 | the size of Ukraine's military. And obviously, would Ukraine |
| 1:48.6 | have to see territory, including territory that hasn't been taken by the Russians at this point? |
| 1:55.0 | Do you think that these issues can be overcome in order to get a ceasefire or a peace agreement between Russia and |
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