US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says ‘great’ progress made in conferences with Ukrainian and European officers on proposal to halt the warfare.
Printed On 23 Nov 2025
The USA says it has made vital progress on crafting a plan to finish the Russia-Ukraine warfare throughout talks with Ukrainian and European officers in Switzerland.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday stated “an incredible quantity of progress” was made on a US proposal to finish Russia’s almost four-year warfare on Ukraine, although he offered scant particulars.
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“We’ve actually moved ahead, so I really feel very optimistic that we’re going to get there in a really affordable time frame, very quickly,” Rubio informed reporters on the US mission in Geneva.
Rubio stated work remained to be finished on questions, together with the function of NATO and safety ensures for Ukraine, however that his workforce had narrowed down unresolved points in a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine championed by US President Donald Trump.
“And we have now achieved that as we speak in a really substantial method,” he stated.
Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine’s delegation, echoed Rubio’s sentiments, telling reporters that they made “superb progress” and had been “shifting ahead to the simply and lasting peace Ukrainian folks deserve”.
Earlier, Trump stated Ukraine had not been grateful for the US efforts to finish the warfare, prompting Ukrainian officers to emphasize their gratitude to the US president for his help.
“UKRAINE ‘LEADERSHIP’ HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS, AND EUROPE CONTINUES TO BUY OIL FROM RUSSIA,” Trump posted on his social media web site on Sunday morning.
Moments later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on X that his nation was “grateful to the USA … and personally to President Trump” for the help that has been “saving Ukrainian lives”.
Zelenskyy could go to the US within the coming days for direct talks with Trump, the CBS information channel reported, citing US and Ukrainian officers.
Trump had given Ukraine till November 27 to approve his 28-point plan, however Kyiv desires modifications to a draft that accepts a variety of Russia’s hardline calls for, together with requiring the invaded nation to cede territory, lower its military and pledge by no means to hitch NATO.
The peace plan has triggered alarm in Kyiv and European capitals. Zelenskyy has stated his nation may face a stark alternative between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the US help it wants.
Requested about whether or not he believed a deal might be reached by Thursday, as demanded by the US president, Rubio stated “the deadline is we need to get this finished as quickly as doable”.
Rubio referred to as the US proposal a “residing, respiration doc” that might proceed altering. He additionally stated any closing product – as soon as it’s prepared – will nonetheless need to be offered to Moscow.
“Clearly, the Russians get a vote right here,” he stated.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated the blueprint may “lay the inspiration” for a closing peace settlement, however threatened extra land seizures if Ukraine walked away from the negotiations.
