“The peace proposal is made by the US. It is offered as a strong framework for ongoing negotiations. It is based on the contribution of the Russian side. But it is also based on previous and current contributions from Ukraine,” wrote Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the X website.
Earlier, a similar entry was posted by Tommy Pigott, deputy spokesman of the US Department of State. “This is blatantly untrue. As Secretary (Marco) Rubio and the entire administration constantly maintains, this plan was created by the US, with input from both Russians and Ukrainians,” he wrote on X.
28-point peace plan. Politicians quote Rubio
In this way, he responded to the reports of a journalist from the PBS station, who reported that Republican Party senator Mike Rounds announced on Saturday, after talking to Rubio, that the 28-point plan is a Russian, not an American document.
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—Secretary Rubio called us this afternoon. I think he made it very clear that we were the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our representatives. This is not our recommendation, this is not our peace plan. This is the proposal that was received. And as an intermediary, we have taken steps to share it. We didn't release him. There was a leak, the senator said. He added that in this way Ukrainians have the opportunity to react to this document.
According to a PBS journalist, Senator Rounds and Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Angus King spoke about the peace plan during a press conference. Rounds allegedly repeated that Rubio gave him permission to share information about that phone call.
“The leaked 28-point plan, which Secretary Rubio says is not an administration position, is basically a wish list of Russians,” King said.
Rounds claimed that the Russians passed the draft plan to special envoy Steve Witkoff. — Regarding talks about threats to take things away (…) such as withholding (intelligence) information, Rubio said he had no information on that, the Republican senator said.
28-point peace plan. This is how Trump wants to end the war
On Friday, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the matter, that the United States had threatened to limit the sharing of intelligence and weapons supplies to Ukraine to force it to accept the peace agreement with Russia. President Donald Trump confirmed that he gave Ukraine until Thursday to agree to the plan proposed by the Americans to end the war in Ukraine. On Saturday, he emphasized that the proposed plan is not his final offer to Ukraine.
As Reuters wrote, citing a representative of the State Department, Rubio is on his way to Geneva, where on Sunday a meeting of national security advisers of the informal E3 group of Great Britain, France and Germany with representatives of Ukraine, the European Union and the United States will take place on the American peace plan for Ukraine.
