Overview
- President Donald Trump set a Nov. 27 deadline for a response but said the proposal is not a final offer, as Washington insisted it authored the plan and described it as a framework shaped by input from both Russia and Ukraine.
- Talks open Sunday in Geneva with Ukraine’s delegation led by Andriy Yermak and the U.S. team expected to include Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, alongside European security advisers.
- The draft envisions Ukraine ceding territory including areas of Donbas and de facto recognition of Crimea, capping its armed forces at 600,000 and permanently renouncing NATO membership in exchange for security guarantees and reconstruction funds drawn from frozen Russian assets.
- A joint statement by European and other Western leaders called the U.S. draft a basis that requires additional work and flagged concern that limits on Ukraine’s military would leave the country vulnerable, stressing that EU and NATO elements need member consent.
- Volodymyr Zelensky publicly resisted the terms and promised alternatives, while Vladimir Putin welcomed the blueprint as a potential basis for a settlement and warned of further territorial gains if Kyiv walks away.