Reuters: US peace plan was based on Russian document

The US 28-point peace plan for Ukraine, released last week, is based on a document prepared by the Russian side and delivered to President Donald Trump's administration back in October, Reuters reports.

According to three sources familiar with the situation, Moscow provided an unofficial document known in diplomatic jargon as a "non-paper" outlining its terms for ending the war. U.S. officials received the document shortly after Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington.

The Russian proposal contained familiar demands, including territorial concessions on the Donbass, which Kiev has long rejected.

This is the first confirmation that the Russian document was one of the main bases for the US peace plan. The Guardian has previously pointed out that the outline contains Russianisms and gives the impression of having been translated from Russian.

The White House declined to comment directly on the existence of the non-paper, but quoted Trump as saying he was optimistic about progress. Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is due to hold talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, while Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is meeting with the Ukrainian side.

According to Reuters sources, the document was at least partly created during private meetings between Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, Witkoff and Russian investor Kirill Dmitriev in Miami, USA. Only a few people knew about the meeting, according to the sources.

(reuters, est)