Overview
- After Geneva talks, the US and Ukraine issued a joint statement citing significant progress and a draft updated framework that reiterates full protection of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the original 28‑point US plan will be modified and that negotiations continue, while Ukrainian officials said the US team is listening to Kyiv’s concerns.
- European governments tabled a counterproposal that starts territorial talks from the current contact line, raises a proposed troop cap to 800,000 from 600,000, removes de facto recognition of Russian control of Crimea, and leaves NATO membership to alliance consensus.
- Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz rejected elements of the US plan as unacceptable, specifically opposing a reported item allocating half of returns from largely Europe‑held frozen Russian assets to the US, and voiced skepticism about a deal by November 27.
- President Trump set a November 27 target for Ukrainian acceptance and criticized Kyiv’s “zero” gratitude on social media, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly expressed thanks and signaled possible further talks in the US as reported by Reuters.