Overview
- Ukrainian officials indicated a preliminary understanding of a revised U.S. proposal after Geneva talks led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, with U.S. media reporting only minor details remain.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said the original 28 points were cut and reworked, leaving the most sensitive questions for a possible direct meeting with President Trump.
- Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov cautioned that Moscow could refuse the updated draft if it strips out terms the Kremlin believed were previously understood, adding that no official text has been received.
- The United States formally designated Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on Nov. 24 and kept a large Caribbean deployment that includes the USS Gerald R. Ford and roughly 8,000 personnel, with operations already linked to dozens of deaths at sea.
- Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Spain’s Pedro Sánchez voiced concern over the U.S. buildup and flight advisories, while Peru’s president said he is considering—but has not ordered—entering Mexico’s embassy to detain asylee Betssy Chávez.