US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and the son-in-law of the American leader, businessman Jared Kushner, worked on a new plan to resolve the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, writes The Wall Street Journal. This is confirmed by NBC, also reporting on the participation of Vice President J. D. Vance.
According to the publications, they consulted with the special representative of the President of Russia for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries Kirill Dmitriev. At the end of October he came to the USA. The fact that Witkoff discussed the concept with Dmitriev was also reported by Axios.
According to WSJ sources, the Trump administration is trying to use the same approach as in the settlement in the Gaza Strip: to prepare an extensive plan, and then "push" the conflicting parties to adopt it.
The newspaper writes that work on the plan began after Trump instructed aides to prepare new proposals that would include "incentives for both sides." For Moscow, this is the restoration of economic relations with the West, and for Ukraine, it is assistance with restoration.
"The plan is aimed at providing both sides with security guarantees to ensure lasting peace. It includes what Ukraine wants and needs to achieve lasting peace," a senior US official said in a conversation with NBC.
The publication clarifies that the plan has been developed for several weeks, Trump approves it.
The new document contains 28 paragraphs, excerpts from which were previously cited by Axios, Reuters and the Financial Times. According to the publications, Kiev is required to cede Donbass, including the territories under its control, to reduce the number of armed forces by half and to abandon key types of weapons. The plan also includes the recognition of the official Russian language in Ukraine.
The new plan is likely to face serious resistance from Ukraine and European countries, the WSJ writes. According to the FT, Kiev demands to make significant changes to it. Vladimir Zelensky, against the background of publications, said that only Trump and the United States "have enough power to finally end the war" and expressed readiness to cooperate with Washington.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there had been no "innovations" since the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska.
"No, in this case we don't have any innovations in addition to what we call the spirit of Anchorage, we don't have any innovations," he said.