White House confirms Rubio and Witkoff have been preparing "peace plan" for Ukraine
White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt has said that US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have been conducting behind-the-scenes work on a new "peace plan" for Ukraine.
Source: Sky News, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Leavitt said the Trump administration has been "working on a plan quietly for about the last month".
"They've been engaging with both sides, Russia and Ukraine equally, to understand what these countries would commit to in order to see a lasting and durable peace," she added.
Leavitt said the talks are ongoing, but she would not "litigate the details" of the US-drafted plan.
"It's a good plan for both Russia and Ukraine, and we believe that it should be acceptable to both sides and we're working very hard to get it done," she said.
Background:
- The President's Office of Ukraine stated publicly on Thursday that Volodymyr Zelenskyy had received the draft peace plan from the US side and was ready to discuss it.
- Earlier, there were media reports that the US-prepared "peace plan" envisions handing the whole of Donbas to Russia. Ukraine would also have to limit its weapons arsenal, halve its army and accept Russian as a second state language.
- US officials have privately stated that some parts of the US "peace plan" for Ukraine currently being discussed in the media are not final and "almost certainly" will be changed.
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