US and Ukrainian negotiators have drawn up an “updated and refined peace framework”, and plan to continue “intensive” work on a peace plan over the coming days, the countries announced on Sunday, the BBC reports.
A joint statement said talks on a US-backed plan in Geneva had been “highly productive.”
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there had been a “tremendous amount of progress” on honing a plan which has been cautiously welcomed by Russia, but not by leaders in Kyiv and Europe, who see it as too favourable to the Kremlin.
Rubio said there was “still some work to be done”, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there were “signals that President [Donald] Trump’s team is hearing us.”
