Negotiations between US and Ukrainian officials in Geneva on Sunday over US President Donald Trump’s leaked plan to end Russia’s war resulted in the plan’s 28 points being reduced to 19, the Financial Times Financial Time reports.
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office previously released a joint US-Ukraine statement about Sunday’s discussions, claiming that the talks had been “highly productive.”
“As a result of the discussions, the parties drafted an updated and refined peace framework,” the statement reads.
According to the Financial Times, “people briefed on the discussions” disclosed to them that this refined version of the plan has been cut back to just 19 of the original 28 points.
However, their sources did not disclose which points had been removed from the text or which remain.
Citing anonymous sources, RBC-Ukraine reported on Monday that the Ukrainian and US delegations have reached agreement on most of the points, but that two of the most contentious issues – Ukraine ceding its occupied territories and its non-admission to NATO in perpetuity – have been set aside for direct talks between Zelensky and Trump.
Unconfirmed reports have also emerged of a European counterproposal, as per the BBC.
The EU and Ukraine’s allies criticized the original US plan on the grounds that it represents a near total capitulation to Russia – and contains provisions about the lifting of EU sanctions against Russia and Ukraine’s NATO membership which only those institutions can agree to.
In a statement, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Europe is united in support of Ukraine, noting that the discussions are “about the security of our entire continent, now and in the future.”
“I also want to emphasise Europe’s centrality in the country’s future. We will engage further tomorrow with our partners from the Coalition of the Willing,” she added.