Published: 1:17am, 24 Nov 2025Updated: 6:40am, 24 Nov 2025
The United States said it had made significant progress on crafting a plan to end the war in Ukraine during talks on Sunday but no agreement was reached on how to guarantee Kyiv’s security amid concerns about the threat posed by Russia.
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Earlier, Trump said Ukraine had not been grateful for American efforts over the war, prompting Ukrainian officials to stress their gratitude to the US president for his support.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio led the talks in Geneva with a high-level Ukrainian delegation after Kyiv and its allies voiced alarm about a US-backed plan because of what they saw as major concessions to Russia and pressed for changes.
Rubio said work remained to be done on questions including the role of Nato and security guarantees for Ukraine but that his team had narrowed down unresolved issues in a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine championed by Trump.
“And we have achieved that today in a very substantial way,” Rubio told reporters at the US mission in Geneva.
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European officials joined the US and Ukrainian delegations for talks late on Sunday after crafting a modified version of the US plan for Ukraine that pushes back on proposed limits to Kyiv’s armed forces and mooted territorial concessions.