The President's Daily Brief

November 25th, 2025: U.S. & Ukraine Agree to Ceasefire Deal & UK–Russia Naval Clash

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Nov 25, 2025
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INSIGHT

Geneva Deal Reshapes U.S. Plan

  • Washington and Kyiv revised a 28-point U.S. plan down to a 19-point draft that respects many of Ukraine's red lines.
  • The resulting framework reduces U.S. pressure but leaves the core territorial issue unresolved and harder to sell to Moscow.
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Territory Remains The Sticking Point

  • Negotiators removed U.S.-Russia clauses and moved European issues to a separate track to avoid pulling Ukraine into unrelated talks.
  • Ukraine refused land swaps and insisted border talks start from the current line of contact, blocking progress on territorial concessions.
INSIGHT

Europe Was Largely Outside The Room

  • Europe was sidelined as Washington and Kiev moved quickly to rewrite the plan during an EU summit, creating friction with European capitals.
  • Europeans pressed for higher peacetime Ukrainian force caps and using frozen Russian assets for reconstruction, but their input arrived late.
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