Ukraine negotiations in Geneva: Not like that!

Rebellious US senators, busy negotiations with Ukraine in Geneva: The Trump administration wants to adjust its peace plan. In the middle: Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

November 23, 2025, 21:03

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Republican senators criticized Trump’s Ukraine plans as a Russian wish list. US Secretary of State Rubio is negotiating a controversial 28-point plan in Geneva. Critics warn that the region is at risk and compare the proposal to withdrawing from Afghanistan. Rubio defended the plan, but experts questioned his credibility. Ukraine submitted a counterproposal, while the US made changes to the plan.

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US Secretary of State Marco-Rubio (center) and US Special Representative Steve Witkoff (second from left) during negotiations with the Ukrainian delegation in Geneva
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They still exist, a hardline foreign policy group in the Republican Party. And some argue that their intervention in Ukraine is also a sign of weakness for US President Donald Trump. A particularly noteworthy moment was when several Republican senators announced Trump’s 28-point plan as a Russian wish list: just before US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s departure for Geneva. Rubio negotiated there on Sunday with representatives from the EU and Ukraine regarding this plan. The agreement stipulated that Ukraine cede Crimea, Donbass, Luhansk and parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, limiting its military size and permanently abandoning the goal of NATO membership.