{"id":596226,"date":"2025-11-27T02:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/596226\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T02:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:13:13","slug":"ukraine-war-briefing-witkoff-peace-plan-call-angers-republicans-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/596226\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine war briefing: Witkoff peace plan call angers Republicans | Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Russia said on Wednesday that ongoing talks to end the war in Ukraine were \u201cserious\u201d<\/strong>. In comments to Russian state TV, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the draft required \u201ctruly serious analysis\u201d. \u201cSome aspects can be viewed positively, but many require special discussions among experts,\u201d he said. The original plan ignited a storm of criticism, with claims it was just a Russian \u201cwish list\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>The European Commission president has warned against \u201cthe unilateral carving up of a sovereign European nation\u201d<\/strong> as Europe scrambles to assert influence over the US\u2019s attempt to end the war, Jennifer Rankin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/nov\/26\/von-der-leyen-warns-against-carving-up-of-sovereign-european-nation-amid-crunch-ukraine-talks\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>. Speaking on Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen said Russia showed \u201cno signs of true willingness to end the conflict\u201d. \u201cIf today we legitimise and formalise the undermining of borders, we open the doors for more wars tomorrow, and we cannot let this happen,\u201d she said. Von der Leyen welcomed Trump\u2019s efforts to find peace but made clear that Europe had many concerns about the details outlined in the original 28-point plan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>According to data analysed by AFP from the American Institute for the Study of War, Russian forces have conquered an average of 467 sq km (180 sq miles) each month in 2025 \u2013 a step up from 2024.<\/strong> Moscow\u2019s troops are now fighting for four key settlements in the Donetsk region: Lyman, Siversk, Kostiantynivka, and Pokrovsk. Their loss would weaken Kyiv\u2019s defences and supply lines, putting the last major settlements controlled by Ukraine in the region, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, at risk.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it reached a staff-level agreement on a new four-year, $8.2bn program for Ukraine as the country faces mounting wartime fiscal pressures<\/strong>. The IMF said the agreement, which replaces the existing $15.6bn Extended Fund Facility approved in March 2023. \u201cRussia\u2019s war continues to take a heavy toll on Ukraine\u2019s people and its economy,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia said on Wednesday that ongoing talks to end the war in Ukraine were \u201cserious\u201d. In comments to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-596226","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-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115619247183454782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596226","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=596226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}