US officials to meet EU and Ukraine representatives in Geneva to discuss peace plan: LIVE UPDATES
A Russian delegation is not expected to take part, but consultations with American counterparts should be expected “very soon,” according to Reuters
22 November 2025
18:08 GMT
“He can fight his little heart out,” Trump has said on the possibility of Zelensky refusing the peace deal.
17:49 GMT
“Can you maintain Ukraine’s war without the US? Did Trump consult you while drafting the 28-point plan?” – questions from RT that Macron ignored on the sidelines of G20.
17:47 GMT
The US peace plan for ending the Ukraine conflict “will require additional work,” Western nations participating at the G20 summit in Johannesburg have said once again in a joint statement. There has been no clarification on what changes are required as of yet.
The draft plan was leaked by media earlier this week and endorses some of Russia’s demands, such as handing over areas of eastern Donbass, limiting its military, and relinquishing its ambitions to join NATO. Washington has given Kiev a deadline of next Thursday to respond.
In the joint statement, the leaders said the draft “includes important elements that will be essential for a just and lasting peace,” but it is “a basis which will require additional work.” The summit participants reiterated that “borders must not be changed by force.”
The document was signed by the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, Norway, and the EU, as well as Canada and Japan. Trump boycotted the summit.
17:38 GMT
Trump’s Ukraine peace proposal is not his final offer, the president told reporters on Saturday. “The war needs to end one way or another,” he added.
European and other Western leaders have scrambled to come up with a coordinated response to Trump’s demand that Ukraine accept his plan to end the conflict with Russia by Thanksgiving. Kiev’s European backers say the plan could be the basis for talks but needs “additional work.”
17:22 GMT
British PM Keir Starmer has said that the focus now is “whether we can make progress tomorrow” during the Geneva talks with the EU, US, and Ukraine’s representatives.
Starmer added that he intends to speak to Trump in the coming days and Zelensky this evening.
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