Overview
- Ukraine’s delegation, led by Andrii Yermak with negotiator Rustem Umérov, began meetings with the UK, France and Germany and prepared for a session with the U.S. team including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, envoy Steve Witkoff and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.
- Leaders from the EU, Canada and Japan called the U.S. text a starting point that needs additional work, rejecting border changes by force and proposed limits that could leave Ukraine exposed to future attacks.
- Kyiv and European partners seek to strip out territorial concessions in Donbas and Crimea, start any ceasefire from the current frontline, remove a 600,000‑troop cap, preserve Ukraine’s right to choose alliances and secure robust U.S.-backed security guarantees.
- Trump set a Nov. 27 timeline for Kyiv’s response but said the plan is not his “final offer,” and a U.S. official described the Geneva objective as polishing language before any potential Trump–Zelensky meeting.
- Questions over authorship persist after some senators said Rubio portrayed the draft as a Russian wishlist; Rubio and the State Department rejected that account and insist the proposal was authored by the United States with inputs.