LONDON — American, Ukrainian and European officials will meet in Switzerland on Sunday to discuss the controversial US-Russian peace plan presented to kyiv this week, the terms of which critics say constitute a Ukrainian capitulation.
A U.S. delegation including Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Ukrainian officials in Geneva, a senior U.S. official told ABC News on Saturday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a social media post on Sunday that his advisers would also meet with French, German and British representatives in the Swiss city.
A U.S. official told ABC News there are plans for the U.S. delegation to hold a separate meeting with a Russian delegation. No details were provided about the location of the planned meeting with the Russians.
A plane believed to be carrying a US delegation, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, lands at the airport in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 23, 2025.
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In his social media post, Zelenskyy urged foreign partners to further strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses, as long-range nighttime Russian strikes continue. From Saturday night to Sunday morning, Russia launched 98 drones toward Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian air force. Sixty-nine ships were shot down or suppressed.
“In parallel with the diplomatic path, we must do everything possible to strengthen our defense against these evil Russian attacks,” Zelenskyy wrote. “It is extremely important to accelerate the implementation of all our agreements with our partners regarding air and missile defense systems for them.”
The 28-point peace plan proposed by the United States was drafted in coordination with the Kremlin and with input from Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.
The plan includes a series of maximalist demands that the Kremlin has long demanded and have previously been dismissed as impossible for kyiv, including that Ukraine reduce its armed forces by more than half and cede swaths of territory not yet occupied by Russia.
Rescue workers clear debris from a residential building that was severely damaged by a Russian attack in Ternopil, Ukraine, Nov. 21, 2025.
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Ukraine would also be banned from possessing long-range weapons, while Moscow would retain virtually all of the territory it has occupied and receive some form of recognition for its 2014 seizure of Crimea under the latest plan proposed by the United States.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting of his Security Council on Friday that the Kremlin had received the proposal. “I think it could also form the basis for a final peace agreement, but this text has not been discussed with us in detail,” Putin said.
“I think the reason is the same: the American administration has not yet managed to achieve the agreement from the Ukrainian side, since Ukraine is opposed to it,” Putin added. “Apparently, Ukraine and its European allies still have the illusion that they can inflict strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield.”
In an address to the nation on Friday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine is facing “one of the most difficult times in our history” and that in the coming days Ukraine may have to choose between “dignity” or the “risk of losing a key partner,” namely the United States.
He promised to “work calmly” and quickly with the United States on the plan and seek “constructive solutions.” And he added: “I will present arguments, I will persuade, I will offer alternatives.”
US President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that there is room for more negotiations. When asked by reporters if this was his last offer, Trump responded: “No.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia on November 20, 2025, President Donald Trump in Washington on November 17, 2025, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Athens, Greece on November 16, 2025.
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“We would like to have peace,” Trump said. “One way or another we will get this over with.”
On Saturday, a bipartisan group of senators said Rubio told them in a phone call that the 28-point plan was developed by Russia, not the United States.
In a statement on social media Saturday night, Rubio denied the senators’ claims and asserted that “the peace proposal was written by the United States.”
Rubio did not respond directly to the senators’ characterization of his message.
Rubio described the proposal as “a solid framework for ongoing negotiations,” adding: “It is based on input from the Russian side. But it is also based on previous and ongoing input from Ukraine.”
