US officials to meet EU and Ukraine representatives in Geneva to discuss peace plan: LIVE UPDATES

US officials to meet EU and Ukraine representatives in Geneva to discuss peace plan: LIVE UPDATES

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US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are heading to Geneva for Ukraine peace talks planned for Sunday, according to Reuters. US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll has already arrived, according to a US official.

US, European, and Ukrainian officials will meet in the Swiss city on Sunday to discuss Washington’s proposed peace plan for Ukraine, officials told Reuters on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Johannesburg on Saturday.

US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll had already landed in Geneva for the talks, and a Ukrainian delegation will arrive tonight, according to sources. US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are due to be there on Sunday.

Kiev has reportedly been given until Thursday to accept the plan, with the possibility of extending the deadline in order to finalize the terms.

The sudden submission of the initiative to a politically weakened Zelensky, along with the release of an alleged draft of the text, has triggered immediate turmoil. Kiev’s European backers are now scrambling, with Western media calling their reaction an “emergency” response. Tensions are rising further as concerns grow over Zelensky’s ongoing corruption scandal.

The Kremlin has refused to engage in what it called “megaphone diplomacy,” following a series of vocal declarations of defiance from Brussels on Friday morning. European Council President Antonio Costa openly admitted that the EU had not been informed about the plan. Zelensky has also held an emergency call with French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

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The US-drafted peace plan is a “complete betrayal of Ukraine,” former British PM Boris Johnson wrote in a column for the Daily Mail.

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Zelensky should accept Trump’s peace deal as it is “the only path forward to end the war,” US Representative Anna Paulina Luna wrote on X.

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“Not sustainable” – that’s how Sweden is now describing the current balance of military support for Ukraine, adding that Nordic countries are picking up far more than their share of the bill.

In an interview with Politico, Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said that Kiev’s allies may speak with equal enthusiasm, but not all are contributing equally.

“A few countries take almost all of the burden. That is not fair and it’s not sustainable in the long run,” she told the outlet.

Stenergard pointed to the scale of the imbalance:

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