Ukraine-Russia war latest: Rubio hails ‘tremendous progress’ but Europe demands changes to Trump’s peace plan
Europe is demanding changes to the pro-Russian peace plan floated by the Trump administration as US secretary of state Marco Rubio hailed “tremendous progress” at talks with Ukraine.
The Trump administration said it will make “some changes” to its contentious peace plan for Ukraine following “productive” talks in Geneva yesterday.
The European plan proposes that Ukraine be granted a larger military than under the US plan and that talks on land swaps should start from the frontline rather than a pre-determined view of which areas should be considered Russian.
A US senator has also called the plan as not the administration’s position, but “essentially the wish-list of the Russians”.
Rubio has indicated Washington would be making amends to its 28-point plan to converge on something both Ukraine and the US can support. Ukraine’s Andriy Yermak agreed that the delegations had made “good progress” towards a just and lasting peace.
The comments came hours after Trump took a swipe at the Ukrainian leadership, which he accused of expressing “zero gratitude” for their efforts to end the war. Trump also took issue with Europe for buying oil from Russia.
