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Trump says Ukraine has ‘zero gratitude’ for peace plan amid international talks

US president appears to roll back from demand Zelenskyy sign by Thursday amid claims Russia authored the text

Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukraine had shown no gratitude for US efforts to end the war, as American, Ukrainian and international negotiators met in Switzerland to discuss the “peace plan” that would involve significant concessions to Moscow from Kyiv.

Poland’s president, Donald Tusk, asked where Trump’s “peace plan” came from, after an apparent admission by the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, that the text was originally drafted by Moscow.

In a post on X, Tusk said European leaders, with Canada and Japan, were ready to work on the 28-point proposal. It envisages Ukraine handing over territory to Russia and making other major concessions including limiting the size of its army and not joining Nato.

Tusk said there were “some reservations” before work could begin. He added pointedly: “It would be good to know for sure who is the author of the plan and where was it created.”

The document was drawn up by Kirill Dmitriev, Vladimir Putin’s envoy, together with Trump’s special representative, Steve Witkoff. Speculation based on the use of language in the plan suggests it may have been written in Russian and later translated into English.

A group of US senators said Rubio told them the text was not an American one. It was, they said, a Russian document deliberately leaked by Moscow which the US then passed on to Ukraine. Rubio later insisted the US did “author” the proposal, with “input” from Russia and Ukraine.

Amid contradictory statements, and a backlash from some Republican senators, Trump rowed back from his earlier demand that Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, sign off on the deal by this Thursday. Speaking in Washington, the US president said it was “not my final offer”, opening the door to significant changes.

Writing on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump avoided blaming Russia for the war. Instead, he said his predecessor, Joe Biden, was responsible and had given “everything” to Kyiv for “free free free”. Trump added: “UKRAINE ‘LEADERSHIP’ HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS, AND EUROPE CONTINUES TO BUY OIL FROM RUSSIA.”

(story continues) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/23/trum...

I'm pretty sure "Bubba" is Putin's nom de BJ

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