LONDON — American, Ukrainian and European officials met in Switzerland on Sunday to discuss the controversial US-Russia 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.
A U.S. official told ABC News that Driscoll had “good meetings” with the Ukrainian delegation Saturday night, which the official described as “positive and constructive.” On Sunday afternoon we will see more formal engagements between the delegations, the official said.
Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office and leader of kyiv’s delegation in Geneva, said in a social media post that the Ukrainian group was “in a very constructive mood” as it began meetings with European officials.
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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The United States has threatened Ukraine with a complete halt to all assistance if kyiv does not agree to the proposed deal, a senior Ukrainian official close to the matter told ABC News on Sunday.
This suspension would include the supply of air defense missiles, as well as intelligence sharing and all other commitments related to US arms deliveries and support, the official said.
Zelenskyy confirmed on Sunday that meetings were taking place in Switzerland. “It is good that diplomacy has been revitalized and that the conversation can be constructive,” he wrote on Telegram.
“The Ukrainian and American teams, as well as the teams of our European partners, are in close contact and I hope there will be a result,” he said. “The bloodshed must be stopped and we must ensure that war is never reignited.”
In an earlier 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.
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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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.
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 moments 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.”
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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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.”
“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.”
This photo, taken on November 12, 2025 and published on November 15, 2025 by the press service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, shows a Ukrainian serviceman in the city of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region.
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In a statement, Republican Sen. Mike Rounds said the administration’s peace efforts “rely on input from both Russia and Ukraine.”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed skepticism about the proposed plan in a message to
“However, before we begin our work, it would be good to know for sure who the author of the plan is and where it was created,” Tusk said.
In an open letter sent to ABC News on Sunday, a group of 48 current and former officials and lawmakers from Europe and Ukraine wrote to Trump warning him that “any appeasement of Russia” would be “morally reprehensible and an outrage against human decency.”
“The only hope is strong American leadership,” the letter added. “A bullied America can never be great again, a bullied America can never be first. America is only great and first when it firmly defends freedom, democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.”
One of the signatories, Oleksandr Merezhko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament and chairman of the body’s foreign affairs committee, told ABC News that of the 28 points of the agreement proposed by the United States, only the clause confirming Ukraine’s sovereignty gave him reason for optimism.
ABC News’ Oleksiy Pshemyskiy, Somayeh Malekian, Christopher Boccia, Luis Martínez and Victoria Beaule contributed to this report.
