Overview
- The State Department and Secretary Marco Rubio insist the 28-point proposal was authored by the United States with input from Russia and Ukraine, after senators Mike Rounds and Angus King said Rubio described it as a leaked Russian “wish list.”
- Ukrainian and European envoys met in Geneva before sessions with Rubio, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and special envoy Steve Witkoff, with Kyiv’s Andrii Yermak reporting constructive talks and President Volodymyr Zelensky expecting elements important to Ukraine to be reflected.
- Reported terms include de facto recognition of Russian control in parts of Donbas and Crimea, a ban on NATO membership, caps on Ukraine’s armed forces and broad amnesty, drawing pushback from European leaders including Ursula von der Leyen and Poland’s Donald Tusk.
- Bloomberg reporting, echoed by the Kyiv Independent, says secretive U.S.–Russia channels led by Vice President JD Vance and Witkoff bypassed key officials, with Russian financier Kirill Dmitriev involved, while Rubio learned of the process later.
- President Trump has softened an initial Nov. 27 response target and says the text is not a final offer, as Putin calls it a potential basis for talks and members of Congress press for clarity and oversight.