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The Russian framework demands Ukraine cede Donbas territory and reduce military forces, reflecting Moscow's long-standing conditions for peace, while Kyiv rejects territorial concessions.
- Russia passed to Washington a framework proposal demanding Kyiv cede Donbas-held areas and sharply reduce its armed forces, repeating Moscow's maximalist demands for concessions only from Kyiv.
- Kirill Dmitriev, Russian special envoy and head of RDIF, reportedly drafted the plan and met Steve Witkoff, special envoy to President Donald Trump, in Miami in October after the US lifted sanctions to allow Dmitriev a visa.
- Senior Pentagon officials and US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll went to Kyiv on Thursday to discuss ending the war, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas stressed the need for Ukrainian and European consent, with Kyiv showing no optimism.
- In October, US lawmakers are drafting a bill to sanction countries buying Russian oil and gas with a proposed 500% tariff, which Moscow could halt by freezing the front line.
- Ukraine is being rocked by its largest anti-corruption probe involving Energoatom, with some Ukrainian cabinet ministers resigning and calls to sack Andriy Yermak, chief of staff, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans talks Thursday.
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Ukraine cornered by US plan heeding Russian demands
Kyiv was scrambling Friday to respond to a US proposal that would force it to effectively capitulate to Russia after almost four years of war, with Moscow telling Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate now or lose more territory on the battlefield.
Ukraine cornered by US plan heeding Russian demands
Kyiv was scrambling Friday to respond to a US proposal that would force it to effectively capitulate to Russia after almost four years of war, with Moscow telling Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate now or lose more territory on the battlefield.
Ukraine cornered by US plan heeding Russian demands
Kyiv was scrambling Friday to respond to a US proposal that would force it to effectively capitulate to Russia after almost four years of war, with Moscow telling Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate now or lose more territory on the battlefield.
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