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Washington insisted connected Saturday (November 22, 2025) that its Ukraine connection is so authoritative U.S. policy, denying claims by a radical of senators that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told them the papers nether treatment is conscionable a Russian "wish list."
The quality implicit the 28-point program — which cedes Ukrainian territory agelong sought by Moscow — threw an bonzer constituent of disorder into efforts to negociate an extremity to the war.
US President Donald Trump has pushed the plan, pressuring the Ukrainians to judge it wrong days. Negotiators volition conscionable successful Switzerland connected Sunday.
However, aft a tempest of disapproval that the connection is astir wholly favorable to Moscow, respective US senators spoke out, holding a property league astatine the Halifax International Security Forum successful Nova Scotia, Canada connected Saturday.
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The senators — Republican Mike Rounds, autarkic Angus King, and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen — said Mr. Rubio told them the existent Ukraine connection is not the authoritative U.S. position, but alternatively lays retired a "Russian privation list."
"What helium (Rubio) told america was that this was not the American proposal. This was a connection that was received by someone... representing Russia successful this proposal. It was fixed to Mr Witkoff," Mr. Rounds said, referring to Mr. Trump's diplomatic envoy Steve Witkoff.
"It is not our recommendation. It is not our bid plan."
Mr. King corroborated those comments, saying "the leaked 28-point program — which, according to Secretary Rubio, is not the administration's presumption — it is fundamentally the privation database of the Russians that is present being presented to the Europeans and to the Ukrainians."
'Blatantly false'
Mr. Rubio took to X to refute the senators's claims via societal media.
"The bid connection was authored by the U.S.," Mr. Rubio wrote precocious Saturday (November 22). "It is offered arsenic a beardown model for ongoing negotiations. It is based connected input from the Russian side. But it is besides based connected erstwhile and ongoing input from Ukraine."
The bid connection was authored by the U.S.
It is offered arsenic a beardown model for ongoing negotiations
It is based connected input from the Russian side. But it is besides based connected erstwhile and ongoing input from Ukraine. https://t.co/JWbAQ04kcw
Earlier, State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott besides denied the claims, sharing a station connected X citing Mr. King's comments.
"This is blatantly false," Mr. Pigott posted. "As Secretary Rubio and the full Administration has consistently maintained, this program was authored by the United States, with input from some the Russians and Ukrainians."
However, Shaheen said she and Mr Rounds spoke to Mr Rubio connected a shared telephone portion the apical U.S. diplomat was en way to Geneva for the latest circular of negotiations with Ukrainian officials.
Mr. Rounds said helium and his colleagues had asked for a speech with Mr. Rubio implicit their concerns with the plan.
In the call, Mr. fRubio was "very frank astir it," helium said.
"It doesn't look similar usually thing that would travel retired of our government, peculiarly the mode it was written. It looked much similar it was written successful Russian to statesman with," Mr. Rounds said.
Mr. King noted that the program should not reward Moscow for its invasion.
"Everyone wants this warfare to extremity but we privation it to extremity connected a just and conscionable bid that respects the integrity and the sovereignty of Ukraine and does not reward aggression and besides provides capable information guarantees," helium said.
