The plan - which left at least one Republican warning against what appears to be a largely pro-Moscow proposal - was reportedly worked out by President Trump's top envoy for peace negotiations, Steve Witkoff, and a top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kirill Dmitriev, and discussed with only a few top senior Ukrainian officials.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova told Russian state media that the ministry had not received any information from the U.S. through official channels related to agreements on Ukraine.
Likewise, Ukraine's top supporters in Congress appeared to be in the dark.
"I don't know what this 28-point plan is. I'm glad that we're coming up with a plan," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a top Trump ally and hawkish supporter of Kyiv, said during an event Wednesday morning hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
But Graham added that any plan must be buoyed by strong U.S. military commitments to Ukraine and measures targeting Putin's ability to fund the war.
Some lawmakers were left to learn the details of the 28-point peace plan largely from reporting in Axios, which broke the story, and the Financial Times, which followed up with details of the plan.
According to these reporters, the plan would have Ukraine give up full control of the eastern territory of the Donbas to Russia, even as Ukraine maintains control of about 12 percent of the territory with a heavily fortified front line, and requires Ukraine to cut the size of its armed forces by half.
"I just heard about it but have not seen any of the details," Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) told reporters Wednesday.
Rep. Don Bacon, the outgoing Republican congressman from Nebraska, criticized the administration for reportedly negotiating with the Russians without the Ukrainians and appearing to pressure Kyiv.
"This sounds like 1938 Munich," Bacon posted to X, referring to the agreement that is largely criticized as appeasing Nazi Germany with territory at the time and emboldening Adolf Hitler to try to conquer Europe.
Other reported details of the plan include limits on Ukraine's arsenal of weapons and limiting U.S. military assistance.
The Financial Times also reported that the plan bars foreign troops from Ukrainian soil — essentially vetoing ideas for a European or international peacekeeping force to monitor any ceasefire, or potentially blocking Ukrainian partnerships with foreign militaries. Also, Kyiv would no longer receive Western long-range weapons that can strike deep into Russia.
Read the full report at thehill.com.
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