NOTE: This is only entry for this date.
For today, links to 14 reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Agence France-Presse, Anadolu Ajansi, Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, Tass, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below (UKRAINE 11-19-25 is HERE, or scroll down. MEDIA entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine faces choice of losing dignity or risking loss of key partner with U.S. plan, by Illia Novikov and Barry Hatton | AP KYIV — Ukraine is at a pivotal point in its four-year fight to defeat Russia’s invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an address to the nation today, with Ukrainians potentially . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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U.S. presents plan to end the war in Ukraine. Reported by Franco Ordoñez and A Martínez | NPR The White House presented a plan for peace to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky this week, but the proposal requires major concessions from Ukraine. Click HERE later to listen and, still later, read.
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Analyst talks about potential deal to end the war in Ukraine. Leila Fadel of NPR speaks with Hanna Shelest of the Foreign Policy Council’s Ukrainian Prism think tank about reports of a deal negotiated by the U.S. and Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Click HERE later to listen and, still later, read.
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FROM NOV. 20 This is Trump’s plan to end the war in Ukraine. From AP. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s 28-point draft proposal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine has been presented in Kyiv. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the draft proposal Thursday. Here it is. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for report from AFP / AFP / AFP in English and French, and HERE for report from Anadolu Ajansi.
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Umerov: No decisions from Kyiv on 28-point peace plan yet, by Leo Chiu | Kyiv Post Umerov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, said today Kyiv has made no decisions on the U.S. draft proposal. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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No one discusssed 28-point settlement plan with Russia in detail — Kremlin. From Tass. MOSCOW — The United States has not discussed its 28-point plan for a settlement in Ukraine in detail with Russia, Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media. READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 20 Russian army says it captured key city of Kupiansk as Putin visits command post. From AFP. The Russian army claimed on Thursday to have again captured the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, a key bastion for Kyiv in the eastern Kharkiv region where Russia’s soldiers have been steadily advancing. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Zelenskyy ready for ‘honest’ work on U.S.-backed plan as Europeans push back, by Olena Harmash, Max Hunder and Gram Slattery | Reuters KYIV / WASHINGTON — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after talks with a top U.S. Army official on Thursday he was ready for “honest” work with Washington on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, while European allies pushed back against punishing concessions to Russia. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says it holds defensive line in northern part of Pokrovsk, by Dan Peleschuk | Reuters KYIV — Ukraine said on Friday its forces were holding defensive lines in the northern part of the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk and were blocking attempts by Russian troops to advance further. READ MORE . . .
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U.S. official says Ukraine peace proposal was ‘quietly’ worked on for a month, received input from Russia, Ukraine, by Michael Hernandez | Anadolu WASHINGTON — Special envoy Steve Witkoff has worked on a proposal to end the war in Ukraine for a month and received input from Ukraine and Russia as he drafted it, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. READ MORE . . .
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