KYIV, Ukraine official manner.” Proposal meets with skepticism in the US Senate “This so-called ‘peace plan’ has real problems, and I am highly skeptical it will achieve peace,” said Sen. Roger Wicker, the Republican chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “Ukraine should not be forced to give up its lands to one of the world’s most flagrant war criminals in Vladimir Putin.” Wicker added that Ukraine should be allowed to determine the size of its military and Putin should not be rewarded with assurances from the U. S. Democratic Sen. Chris Coons, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said there’s “general concern and alarm that this is a Russian wish list proposal.” Ukraine examines the proposals Ukrainian officials said they were weighing the U. S. proposals, and Zelenskyy said he expected to talk to Trump about it in coming days. A U. S. team began drawing up the plan soon after U. S. special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Rustem Umerov, a top adviser to Zelenskyy, according to a senior Trump administration official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity. The official added that Umerov agreed to most of the plan, after making several modifications, and then presented it to Zelenskyy. However, Umerov on Friday denied that version of events. He said he only organized meetings and prepared the talks. He said technical talks between the U. S. and Ukraine were continuing in Kyiv. “We are thoughtfully processing the partners’ proposals within the framework of Ukraine’s unchanging principles sovereignty, people’s security, and a just peace,” he said. ( ).
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