Peace Plan Bombshell: Ukrainians Reportedly Re-Wrote Key Point to Bilk US Out of Billions

A significant revelation has emerged from the ongoing diplomatic process surrounding President Donald Trump’s push for a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine — and it raises serious questions about transparency, accountability, and the billions in Western aid that have flowed into Kyiv.

As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the Ukrainian government allegedly requested — and ultimately secured — the removal of language in the U.S.-drafted peace proposal that would have required a comprehensive audit of all international assistance sent to Ukraine throughout the war. That accountability measure, according to the report, was replaced with a very different demand: legal immunity for all parties involved in wartime activities.

This alleged shift in language is surfacing at the exact moment Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is battling the most damaging corruption scandal of his presidency — a scandal that hinges on a $100 million embezzlement scheme inside the country’s energy sector.

Even by Ukraine’s long-standing reputation for entrenched graft, the details have astounded many observers. As corruption critics and independent journalists on X have highlighted, Zelenskyy’s administration is facing allegations so brazen that even Ukraine’s staunchest Western supporters can no longer dismiss scrutiny.

Yet despite the wave of corruption headlines, the Journal’s findings received limited institutional pushback. Initial media coverage focused instead on how the peace draft envisioned that Kyiv would provide “sweeping territorial and security concessions” to Russia in exchange for “major economic and political incentives” — including potential U.S. recognition of Moscow’s claims to parts of Ukrainian territory.

But buried deeper in the reporting was the point that now carries the most gravity for American taxpayers:

“A senior U.S. official said that Ukraine significantly changed one of the 28 points in the version that appeared online. In an apparent move to expose alleged corruption, the draft had called for an audit of all international aid Ukraine had received. The language was changed to say all parties will receive ‘full amnesty for their actions during the war.’”

Ukrainian national security secretary Rustem Umerov immediately rejected the accusation, saying the language had not been altered.

Of course, denials from the very institution under scrutiny offer little reassurance — particularly as Umerov simultaneously told reporters that Zelenskyy sought a personal meeting at the White House to “complete final steps and make a deal with President Trump.” The current president has already stated that sit-downs with Zelenskyy or Vladimir Putin will take place only after a peace agreement has been finalized — not during negotiations.

That distinction matters enormously. According to the Journal, Ukrainian officials specifically left unresolved the most politically volatile issues — including territorial concessions and the question of future membership in NATO — for a direct presidential-level exchange. Meanwhile, there has been far less willingness from Kyiv to entertain discussion about elections. With the corruption scandal metastasizing, holding a vote within 100 days would present an obvious political risk for Zelenskyy.

The scale of the scandal explains why. As Politico documented:

“Involving a plot to extort around $100 million from Ukraine’s energy sector, the scandal has so far engulfed Zelenskyy’s Justice Minister German Galushchenko, Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk, as well as officials from the country’s atomic energy agency and senior officials from the State Bureau of Investigation.”

The publication further highlighted that the allegations extend even to Zelenskyy’s inner circle:

“Most damaging to Zelenskyy, however, is that the allegations extend to his most trusted allies: Former business partner Tymur Mindich is said to be at the center of the schemes. And the highly powerful yet unpopular Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak is being accused by adversaries of subverting and impeding the work of the country’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor, whose offices uncovered the widespread conspiracy — now called ‘Mindichgate.’”

The Financial Times added an almost cinematic detail to its coverage, noting that the scandal involved “bags of cash and a gold toilet” — hardly the optics of a battle-scarred nation using Western aid exclusively for defense and survival.

To be absolutely clear: none of this absolves Moscow, nor does it diminish Russia’s record of corruption. But unlike Russia, Ukraine has been handed one of the most expensive lifelines in modern geopolitical history — with minimal oversight and maximal moral branding. Western officials who once proclaimed Ukraine a troubled democracy full of oligarch abuses now treat any investigation of wartime aid as an act of treason against “the cause.”

And so the cycle continues: billions leave American taxpayers’ pockets, Kyiv rejects audits, corruption scandals multiply, and the public is instructed to avert its eyes.

If Zelenskyy’s team truly succeeded in striking the audit requirement from the negotiating draft — replacing it with blanket immunity — then the implications are enormous. The timing is unmistakable: just as domestic support for Zelenskyy begins to fracture under corruption scandals, the demand becomes not for sunlight, but for amnesty.

Whether the peace deal succeeds or fails, one thing is already clear: the Ukrainian political class is far more concerned about protecting itself than about protecting transparency.