Shocking reports about the plan for Ukraine. Trump's people were supposed to develop it with Putin's envoy

On Thursday, Axios reported the details of the 28-point peace plan for Ukraine negotiated by the US and Russia. It included, among others: provisions obliging Ukraine to reduce the size of its army, not to join NATO and to give up part of its territory to Russia.

This plan – as reported by Reuters – was to be developed during a recent meeting between Donald Trump's associates and Vladimir Putin's man. The talks that took place in Miami at the end of October were attended by Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian subject to US sanctions who heads one of the largest Russian funds, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

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“The plan, which was made public earlier this week by Axios, caught U.S. officials in various corners of the administration by surprise and caused confusion in embassies in Washington and European capitals,” Reuters reports. The agency also reminds that he was met with criticism from European leaders and a sharp reaction from the president of Ukraine.

However, Reuters emphasizes that it is unclear whether Putin's envoy came to the October meeting with specific demands from Russia and whether they have been included in the plan presented.

Meanwhile, two people familiar with the details of the case told the agency that Witkoff told Rustem Umerov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, who arrived in the US earlier this week, about the details of the plan. This document was to be handed over to Ukrainians on Wednesday, via Turkey, and presented directly by the US to the authorities in Kiev on Thursday.

Umerov described his role as “technical” and denied that he had discussed the plan in detail with U.S. officials – reports Reuters.

Meanwhile, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt was quoted by the agency as saying that the peace plan for Ukraine “was developed to reflect the realities of the situation and aimed to find the best win-win scenario in which both sides gain more than they have to give.”

Senior US officials were allegedly unaware of the plan for Ukraine

The Reuters agency, citing information from two people familiar with the matter, reveals that Many senior officials at the State Department and the U.S. Security Council were not informed about the plan. These included, among others: Gen. Keith Kellogg, who had long worked with Ukraine on negotiations to end the war. In turn, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was said to be familiar with the plan, “but he did not specify when he received information about it,” Reuters reports.

However, one of the officials stated that “there was no coordination, no one in the State Department for this [planu dla Ukrainy] he didn't see it, not even Rubio“The proposal itself is intended to include solutions previously rejected by the US Secretary of State.

This case was intended to raise concerns that Witkoff and Kushner bypassed the interagency process, and that talks with Putin's representative resulted in the creation of a plan that favored Russian interests.

The October conversation between senior representatives of the US and Russia also worried representatives of the intelligence services, reports Reuters. However, the CIA refused to comment on this matter.

The US plan for Ukraine. 28 points

Portal Axios published details of a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine on Thursday. In turn, Donald Trump said on Friday that he expected Volodymyr Zelensky to respond to the proposal by Thursday.

On Friday, Zelensky delivered a speech to Ukrainians in which he declared that he would not betray Ukraine, just as he did not betray it in February 2022. However, he emphasized that the country faces a serious choice..

— Now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. Now Ukraine may face a very difficult choice: either loss of dignity or the risk of losing a key partner. Either a difficult 28 points or an extremely difficult winter – the hardest – and further risks. Life without freedom, dignity and justice. And that we should believe the one who attacked twice already. They will expect answers from us, the head of the Ukrainian state said in a speech on Friday.

At the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, European leaders have developed a joint statement in response to the 28-point plan presented by the US. In the document, they emphasized that it was a base requiring further work.

There will be a meeting on Sunday in Geneva, Switzerland security advisers of the informal E3 group of Great Britain, France and Germany with representatives of Ukraine, the European Union and the United States on the peace plan for Ukraine.

On Monday, on the sidelines of the European Union-African Union summit in Luanda, Angola, all heads of government and EU countries will meet.