The United States and Ukraine have managed to agree on "most" of the controversial points in Washington's 28-point peace plan to end the war. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing its sources familiar with the negotiations.
According to the media, among the already corrected and agreed points are the issues of the size of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the future status of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the format for the exchange of prisoners, as well as the procedures for the return of convicted persons.
However, two of the most sensitive topics remain unresolved. The delegations have now agreed to "take out of the brackets" the issues of territories and the constitutionality of Ukraine's non-admission to NATO, RBC-Ukraine reports. These key points will be discussed personally between Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump.
In parallel, according to information from the American television channel CBS, officials from both countries are discussing the possibility of Zelensky visiting the United States this week. The television channel cites "multiple anonymous sources" both in Washington and Kiev.
Talks on the peace plan are accelerating at a time when the Trump administration is pushing for a quick finalization of the framework of the agreement, and intensive consultations are taking place in Kiev on what compromises are possible without undermining the country's vital interests.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio left Geneva and returned to Washington after the meeting on the peace plan for Ukraine, CNN reports, citing a senior US State Department official.
Rubio indicated that technical discussions would continue, expressing optimism that "we will achieve the goal in a very reasonable time frame, very soon".
It is not clear whether other US officials have left Geneva, although Rubio previously said that the US side "has specialists at all levels who are working on this continuously and are fully engaged".
Finnish President Alexander Stubb, in an article in X, welcomed progress made in the US-Ukraine talks in Geneva but noted that key issues remained unresolved.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful was more optimistic, saying Sunday's talks had brought the Europeans a "decisive success," Reuters reported.
"All issues concerning Europe, including NATO, were excluded from this plan - that was the decisive success we achieved yesterday," he explained in an interview with public radio station Deutschlandfunk.
He reiterated that an agreement should not be reached "through the heads" of the Europeans and Ukrainians.