The recently revealed 28-point peace framework promoted by Donald Trump’s team has been presented as a pragmatic blueprint for ending the war and rebuilding Ukraine. Yet beneath the diplomatic wording sits a highly strategic energy and raw-materials design, one that risks locking Ukraine into a future defined by fossil-fuel dependency, American control over vital resources, and a European Union sidelined at precisely the moment when its leadership is most needed. This is not only a peace plan, but it is also an energy settlement disguised…