Overview
- The plan is described by U.S. and Ukrainian officials as largely negotiated, with Kyiv having accepted core points and only limited details still open.
- President Donald Trump directed simultaneous envoy meetings with Russia and Ukraine to resolve remaining disputes and said he will meet Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky only when a deal is close to final.
- Talks in Geneva with the U.S., Ukraine and several European governments produced changes after Europeans criticized the initial draft as too favorable to Moscow.
- Bloomberg reports that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff briefed Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov in an October 14 call about promoting a peace proposal to Trump, and says it has a recording of the conversation.
- Political fallout is intensifying, with two U.S. senators publicly disputing the plan’s authorship before Secretary of State Marco Rubio asserted it was U.S.-drafted, while Germany’s Foreign Affairs Committee convenes a device-free classified briefing by Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul.