Overview
- Senior delegations met at the U.S. mission in Geneva, with U.S. officials calling the discussions positive as Ukraine said it is focused on finding doable solutions.
- The draft would require territorial concessions in the east and de facto recognition of Crimea, a bar on NATO membership, a force cap near 600,000, and amnesty provisions, paired with an Article 5–style security guarantee and reconstruction funding from frozen Russian assets.
- Trump set Nov. 27 as a target for agreement but said the text is not his final offer, while President Volodymyr Zelensky signaled Ukraine will propose alternatives that preserve dignity and freedom.
- European leaders issued a joint statement calling the plan a basis needing additional work, warning against changing borders by force and opposing limits that could leave Ukraine exposed.
- Questions over the proposal’s authorship continued in Washington as Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. authored it with input from both sides, and Vladimir Putin welcomed it as a possible basis while warning of further land grabs if talks fail.