Geneva Talks Open on U.S. Ukraine Peace Draft as Trump Criticizes Kyiv’s ‘Zero Gratitude’

Overview

• U.S., Ukrainian and European teams convened in Geneva, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Zelensky’s chief of staff Andrii Yermak leading their delegations.
• Kyiv has not accepted the 28-point U.S. proposal and is pushing for revisions and concrete security guarantees during the discussions.
• Trump set a Nov. 27 deadline and threatened to curtail U.S. arms and intelligence if Ukraine refuses, later posting that Ukraine has shown “zero gratitude.”
• EU officials, including Ursula von der Leyen, said borders cannot be changed by force and warned against limits that would leave Ukraine’s military exposed.
• The draft, prepared without broad Ukrainian or European input, would recognize Russian control of Crimea and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk, bar NATO entry, and cap Ukraine’s forces at about 600,000.