Overview
- U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators in Geneva produced a jointly revised draft and agreed to continue technical work, with the White House saying it fully preserves Ukraine’s sovereignty.
- European input reshaped key elements, including no forced cession of territory Ukraine still controls, a higher troop cap, conditional release of frozen Russian assets, and removal of an explicit NATO ban.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reported “enormous progress” and softened the earlier Thanksgiving timetable, calling remaining issues not insurmountable.
- Ukraine’s national security chief Rustem Umierov said the delegations agreed on core provisions and that President Zelenskyy plans to travel to Washington this week to discuss final steps with President Trump.
- Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov labeled the revised ideas “not constructive” and said they do not suit Russia, as fighting continued with deadly strikes reported in Kharkiv and new attacks on Kyiv.