Ukraine Peace Formula

The Ukraine Peace Formula is a 10-point framework first outlined by President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video address to the G20 summit in Bali on 15 November 2022. It was subsequently promoted by Kyiv as the basis for any negotiated settlement to Russia's full-scale invasion, which began on 24 February 2022.

The ten points, as published by the Ukrainian presidency, cover:

1. Radiation and nuclear safety, particularly around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
2. Food security, including protection of Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea.
3. Energy security, with a focus on price restrictions on Russian energy and assistance to rebuild Ukraine's grid.
4. Release of all prisoners and deportees, including Ukrainian children transferred to Russia.
5. Restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity within its 1991 borders, including Crimea and Donbas.
6. Withdrawal of Russian troops and cessation of hostilities.
7. Justice, including a special tribunal for the crime of aggression and compensation mechanisms.
8. Prevention of ecocide and environmental protection.
9. Prevention of escalation and a security architecture for the Euro-Atlantic space.
10. Confirmation of the war's end, including a document signed by the parties.

Kyiv pursued the Formula through a series of diplomatic meetings of national security advisers in Copenhagen (June 2023), Jeddah (August 2023), Malta (October 2023), and Davos (January 2024), culminating in the Summit on Peace in Ukraine held at Bürgenstock, Switzerland on 15–16 June 2024. The Bürgenstock final communiqué, focused on three points (nuclear safety, food security, prisoners), was endorsed by roughly 80 states but not by China, India, Brazil, South Africa, or Saudi Arabia. Russia was not invited and rejected the Formula as a basis for talks. By late 2024, Zelensky supplemented it with a "Victory Plan" presented to the Verkhovna Rada on 16 October 2024.