American diplomat John Herbst, the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to Ukraine and current Director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, stated this on Espreso TV."I do not believe that Putin is seeking to sign any agreement. Such an agreement would deprive him of the opportunity to seize more Ukrainian territories and establish real political control over the country. Judging by the available information about the 19-point document, if it were adopted, it would be extremely difficult for Putin to advance further. That is why I see no reason to expect the Russians to agree to this. In the 28-point document that has already been published, many provisions were understandable. And although not the majority, a significant part of them was frankly dangerous and would make Ukraine vulnerable to future Russian aggression," Herbst explained.According to the diplomat, the only reliable security guarantees for Ukraine would be joining NATO. Only this would protect Ukraine from further Russian aggression."But one point that was never clearly spelled out in the 28-point document, although it is absolutely key, is the issue of security guarantees. It is not surprising that it sounded vague: for Trump's team, this is a politically extremely difficult topic. In my opinion, if Ukraine were allowed to join NATO and given Article 5 protection, it would reliably secure it from further Russian aggression. However, this is currently unrealistic as the United States and several other Alliance members are not ready to make such a decision. A powerful bilateral security guarantee from the U.S., equivalent in strength to Article 5, could provide a similar level of protection," he added.On November 23, in Geneva, Switzerland, the Ukrainian and American delegations discussed the 28 points of the so-called Witkoff-Dmitriev peace plan, drawn up with the participation of the Kremlin.At the same time, Europe proposed its own 28 points for a plan to end Russia's war with Ukraine: the full text of the proposal has been published.On November 24, the spokesman for the Russian dictator, Dmitry Peskov, said that the Russian Federation had not received any information about the negotiations between Ukraine, Europe, and the U.S. in Geneva, and was also unaware of the new text for a war settlement based on the results of the meetings.Later, Trump expressed doubt about the possibility of achieving "great progress" in the Ukrainian-Russian negotiations.On November 24, the President's Office stated that the 28-point plan, in the form that everyone had seen, no longer exists.The next day, the head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak, announced that Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to hold talks with President Trump "as soon as possible" to finalize the peace agreement. The meeting could take place on Thanksgiving, November 27.