The 28-point peace plan, backed by the US, to end the war in Ukraine, which became public two weeks ago and is considered by all the international media as a capitulation of Ukraine, would have been inspired by a document drafted by Russia and presented to the Trump administration in October, three sources close to the negotiations told Reuters.
The Russians’ strategy was to find a way to make the Russian document “American”.
The Reuters information comes in parallel with Bloomberg’s publication of a transcript of a conversation on October 14 between Yuri Ushakov, a senior Kremlin adviser, and Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s emissary. According to the transcript, Witkoff was advising Ushakov on how Putin should talk to Trump to convince the US president to accept the Russian plan.
According to the so-called peace plan proposed by the US, Ukraine had to cede territory, drastically limit its army and give up NATO membership. Zelensky would have had to accept Trump’s plan within a week, otherwise the US would have suspended intelligence transfers and limited military assistance.
At the same time, the Kremlin has amplified disinformation. Putin said Moscow had received a copy of the proposed US peace plan, which had been “updated” after his meeting with Trump in Alaska in August, again suggesting the document was in fact American and not Russian.
The original plan changed during meetings in Geneva on November 23-24, with the US delegation led by Secretary of State Mark Rubio agreeing to remove or modify some of the most pro-Russian parts of the plan.
