Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has failed to pass a motion to officially nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The proposal, which was put to a vote during Wednesday’s parliamentary session, received support from only 132 of the 450 deputies—well short of the majority required for adoption.
The motion was first introduced on September 29 by a group of Ukrainian lawmakers including Anna Skorokhod, Anatoliy Urbansky, Taras Batenko, Oleksandr Yurchenko, and Anatoliy Burmich. Registered as draft resolution No. 14,088, it called on parliament to submit an official appeal to the Nobel Committee, citing Trump’s efforts to mediate the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
While the proposal gained some attention, it failed to attract widespread support among Ukrainian legislators. Observers note that relations between Trump and Kyiv have often been strained, which may have influenced the outcome. Some deputies reportedly viewed the move as politically risky, given Trump’s criticism of past Ukrainian administrations and his shifting stance toward the conflict.
President Trump has been actively lobbying for a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, claiming that his administration has helped to end “seven wars” since he first took office. Critics, however, have pointed out that several of those conflicts either ended prior to Trump’s involvement, remain ongoing, or were never formally recognized as wars.
Countries that have reportedly submitted nominations for Trump include Israel, Pakistan, Cambodia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Gabon.
Trump’s global campaign for recognition intensified in July when, according to Indian media, he allegedly pressured Prime Minister Narendra Modi to nominate him for the award. Trump reportedly cited his supposed role in defusing a brief border flare-up between India and Pakistan in May—an assertion New Delhi has denied. The incident is said to have contributed to a sharp downturn in U.S.-India relations, culminating in Washington’s imposition of new tariffs on Indian goods later that summer.
In addition to his international lobbying, Trump’s aides and political allies have been promoting his Nobel candidacy across various media platforms. His envoy, businessman Steve Witkoff, reportedly visited Oslo earlier this year to meet with representatives of the Norwegian Nobel Institute in an attempt to advocate for Trump’s nomination.
Despite these efforts, Ukraine’s decision reflects the growing difficulty Trump faces in translating his self-proclaimed peace initiatives into formal international recognition.