Ukraine succeeded in changing Donald Trump’s plan to end the war with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is waiting for direct talks with the American president to take a firm step towards the white smoke.
Meanwhile, the 28 points originally developed by the United States were changed and reduced to 19. The last 48 hours of talks in Geneva helped Kiev eliminate elements deemed too favorable to Russia. The detailed outline of the new document is not yet known. Among the details filtered out, the removal of provisions on the use of frozen Russian assets in Ukraine’s rebuilding process was removed from the plan. Trump’s initial proposal called for the United States to receive 50% of profits and unused frozen assets to be allocated to a Russian-American investment fund.
Zelensky, in any case, in his message at the end of the day could celebrate partial results: “Our delegation returned from Geneva after talks with the American side and European partners, now the list of necessary steps to end the war can become operational. Today, after Geneva, the points of the” plan “are fewer, no longer 28. Many correct aspects have been considered in this framework. There is still a lot to work together – not easy – to draw up the final document and everything must be done with dignity”.
The “difficult and detailed” work continues. Zelensky awaits a new direct confrontation with Trump, perhaps directly with a visit to Washington. “I discussed sensitive and sensitive issues with President Trump. Ukraine will never be an obstacle to peace – this is our principle, a common principle. Millions of Ukrainians matter and deserve peace with dignity. We will do everything we can for this, we are ready to work as quickly as possible.”
From Washington, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt outlined the picture. “There are currently no plans to hold a meeting” between Trump and Zelensky, “but things could change quickly. Everyone is optimistic regarding the Geneva talks. Most of the points of the plan have been agreed, now there are only a few points of disagreement that our team continues to work on. The idea that Trump favors Russia is “wrong”. Zelensky and Vladimir Putin.
In fact, according to the Washington Post, Trump aims to achieve results without ‘learning’. The president would show little interest in the details of America’s plans and “complete chaos” reigned in Washington regarding the true intentions of the White House. Trump, according to the reconstruction, would limit himself to giving a general green light to his collaborators without investigating its contents. “You tell him, ‘I want to try to negotiate a deal.’ He said, ‘Great, let’s try it and see what happens.’ That’s the level of detail he conveyed,” one official said, adding that in recent days “different parts of the White House didn’t really know what was going on. That’s embarrassing.”
“The president made that statement over the weekend,” Leavitt told Fox News on Monday, “and since then there have been very productive conversations between the president’s national security team and the Ukrainian delegation.”
He added that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff spent Sunday in Geneva, where they reviewed the US-backed peace plan, “with input from the Russian and Ukrainian sides.” He stated that they succeeded in “refining the points, and so on
Leavitt said Trump “is a peacetime president,” and added that he “remains optimistic and confident, and I know our team is working around the clock to try to make this deal happen.”
Speaking to reporters outside the White House after the interview, Leavitt said there were no plans for a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
