Overview
- Sen. Mike Rounds said Marco Rubio told lawmakers the United States received the 28‑point proposal and that it was not the administration’s plan.
- Sen. Angus King, via PBS NewsHour’s Nick Schifrin, described what senators were told as a Russian wish list rather than U.S. policy.
- The State Department’s principal deputy spokesperson called those accounts false and said the proposal was authored by the United States with input from Russia and Ukraine.
- Rubio posted that the proposal was U.S.-authored and presented as a framework for negotiations, citing input from both sides.
- Reuters reporting cited in the coverage described internal concerns that key officials were not briefed and that outside interlocutors may have bypassed normal process, as reporters also noted a Thursday deadline given to Ukraine to accept the framework.