Overview
- Ukraine’s national security secretary Rustem Umerov said delegations reached a common understanding on core terms during talks in Geneva.
- Axios-reported terms include recognizing Russian control of Donetsk, Luhansk, Crimea, and occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, plus limits on Ukraine’s military, NATO troop deployments, and further NATO integration.
- Reuters reported the 28-point framework drew in part from a Russian ‘non-paper’ submitted in October, raising concerns about Moscow’s influence on the proposal.
- Vice President JD Vance publicly rebuked Mitch McConnell after the senator warned the plan risked appeasing Vladimir Putin, while other Republicans such as Roger Wicker, Thom Tillis, Michael McCaul, Mike Pompeo, and Don Bacon voiced objections.
- President Donald Trump said the original plan was fine-tuned with input from Russia and Ukraine and that only a few disagreements remain, with envoys including Jared Kushner and Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll involved in the talks.