'Highly productive', say US, Ukraine after Geneva meeting

The US says Sunday talks with Ukraine  in Geneva have been “productive and even conclusive in some areas” as they discussed President Donald Trump’s 28-point proposal to end the war with Russia. President Donald Trump is "quite pleased" with the progress made at ongoing peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Geneva.“This is a very delicate moment,” Rubio said of what still needed to be worked out. “Some of it is semantics, or language. Others require higher-level decisions and consultations. Others, I think, just need more time to work through,” he said.

US President Donald Trump sharpened his criticism of Ukraine’s leadership on Sunday, saying Kyiv had shown “zero gratitude” for Washington’s efforts in the war even as US, Ukrainian and European officials gathered in Geneva to discuss the American-drafted plan to end the conflict. In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump repeated his claim that the Russia-Ukraine war “would have never happened” with “strong and proper US and Ukrainian leadership,” and insisted he had inherited a war that “should have never happened.”
Hours after Donald Trump accused Kyiv of showing "zero gratitude" for Washington’s efforts in the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the United States and praised the US President in a social-media message on Sunday. Zelenskyy’s "Thank you, America" message dropped as US, European and Ukrainian officials met in Geneva to salvage an American-drafted peace plan that Kyiv fears tilts sharply in Moscow’s favour.