US plan on Ukraine needs additional work: Europe, Not final: Trump

Top officials from the United States, Ukraine, and national security advisers from France, Britain and Germany hold talks in Geneva on Sunday to discuss Washington’s draft plan to end the war in Ukraine. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were due to arrive on Sunday for the talks on ending Russia’s invasion, now in its fourth year. On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had until Thursday to approve the 28-point plan, which calls on Ukraine to cede territory, accept limits on its military and renounce ambitions to join NATO. “We hope to iron out the final details…to draft a deal that is advantageous to them (Ukraine),” a U.S. official said. “Nothing will be agreed on until the two presidents get together”, referring to Trump and Zelenskiy.
U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll arrived in Geneva ahead of the talks, and a Ukrainian delegation was expected Saturday evening, the official said. Ukraine confirmed its participation. National security advisers from the so-called E3 alliance of France, Britain and Germany will join the discussions, alongside the European Union. Italy would also send an official, diplomatic sources said.
European and other Western leaders said on Saturday the U.S. peace plan, which endorses key Russian demands, was a basis for talks to end the war but needed “additional work”, as they seek a better deal for Kyiv before Thursday’s deadline. A German government source said a European draft peace plan, which is based on the U.S. proposal, had been sent to Ukraine and to the U.S. administration.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has said that the new peace plan put forth by the White House is not Washington's final offer to Ukraine. Trump's remarks on Saturday signaled that there may still be room for negotiation. When asked by reporters whether the plan represented his final offer to Ukraine, Trump said it did not. "No, not my final offer," he said. If President Volodymyr Zelensky refuses to accept the terms, "then he can continue to fight his little heart out," Trump added. Trump's comments come after both U.S. and European officials condemned the plan as being blatantly pro-Russian.