The original 28-point US-Russian plan was drawn up last month by Kirill Dmitriev, Vladimir Putin's special envoy, and Trump's representative Steve Witkoff. It calls on Ukraine to withdraw from cities it controls in the eastern Donbas region, limit the size of its army, and not join Nato. During negotiations on Sunday in Switzerland led by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and Zelenskyy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak the plan was substantially revised. It now includes only 19 points.
Carving up another country illegally invaded, while its leader is not at the table negates not only the integrity of international borders, but undermines democracy.
"It's not going to make anybody super happy. Both the Russians and the Ukrainians, probably, at the end of the day, are going to be unhappy with it," Vance said in a Fox News interview.
Any peace deal that would force Ukraine to give up territory to Russia is "bulls-t," heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk told Piers Morgan in a recent interview.