Overview
- US, Ukrainian and European envoys met in Geneva, with Marco Rubio calling the outcome a very good working result and Andriy Yermak describing the session as productive.
- Germany, France and the UK presented revisions that include a troop cap near 800,000 rather than 600,000, territorial talks only along the current contact line after a ceasefire, stronger US-style security guarantees, and phased sanctions relief.
- European negotiators rejected a US concept to channel €100 billion in frozen Russian state assets into a US-led fund with profit sharing, insisting EU-held assets stay frozen until damages are compensated and noting several elements require EU or NATO consent.
- President Trump set a Thursday deadline for Kyiv to accept the framework but later said it was not his final offer, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz pushed for at least a first step toward a ceasefire this week and cautioned a full deal by Thursday looks unlikely.
- Questions over the plan’s authorship persisted after two senators said it was not drafted by the US government, a claim Rubio denied, as Ukraine’s Rustem Umerov reported the latest draft reflects key priorities and Vladimir Putin signaled the plan could serve as a basis.