28-point peace plan<\/a> for Ukraine championed by US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\u201cAnd we have achieved that today in a very substantial way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine\u2019s delegation, echoed Rubio\u2019s sentiments, telling reporters that they made \u201cvery good progress\u201d and were \u201cmoving forward to the just and lasting peace Ukrainian people deserve\u201d.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Trump said Ukraine had not been grateful for the US efforts to end the war, prompting Ukrainian officials to stress their gratitude to the US president for his support.<\/p>\n
\u201cUKRAINE \u2018LEADERSHIP\u2019 HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS, AND EUROPE CONTINUES TO BUY OIL FROM RUSSIA,\u201d Trump posted on his social media site on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
Moments later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X that his country was \u201cgrateful to the United States \u2026 and personally to President Trump\u201d for the assistance that has been \u201csaving Ukrainian lives\u201d.<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy may visit the US in the coming days for direct talks with Trump, the CBS news channel reported, citing US and Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n
Trump had given Ukraine until November 27 to approve his 28-point plan, but Kyiv wants changes to a draft that accepts a range of Russia\u2019s hardline demands, including requiring the invaded country to cede territory, cut its army and pledge never to join NATO.<\/p>\n
The peace plan has triggered alarm in Kyiv and European capitals. Zelenskyy has said his country could face a stark choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the US support it needs.<\/p>\n
Asked about whether he believed a deal could be reached by Thursday, as demanded by the US president, Rubio said \u201cthe deadline is we want to get this done as soon as possible\u201d.<\/p>\n
Rubio called the US proposal a \u201cliving, breathing document\u201d that would continue changing. He also said any final product \u2013 once it is ready \u2013 will still have to be presented to Moscow.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, the Russians get a vote here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the blueprint could \u201clay the foundation\u201d for a final peace settlement, but threatened more land seizures if Ukraine walked away from the negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says \u2018tremendous\u2019 progress made in meetings with Ukrainian and European officials on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":589588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,1699,12,332,7661,657,49,333],"class_list":{"0":"post-589587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european-union","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-russia","13":"tag-russia-ukraine-war","14":"tag-ukraine","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-vladimir-putin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115601426758242653","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}