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Senators Say Rubio Called Trump Ukraine Peace Plan Russia’s ‘Wish List’
Three U.S. senators said Saturday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio told them President Donald Trump's Ukraine peace plan is a Russian "wish list" and not the administration's actual proposal.
Independent Maine Sen. Angus King, Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, and Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota made the claim during the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada.
The dispute highlights deep divisions over Trump's 28-point peace proposal for Ukraine, which was crafted by the Trump administration and the Kremlin without Ukrainian involvement. The plan acquiesces to many Russian demands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly rejected, including giving up significant territory in eastern Ukraine and limiting Ukraine's military size.
The senators said Rubio reached out to some of them while traveling to Geneva for talks on the plan. According to King, Rubio characterized the proposal as "not the administration's plan" but a "wish list of the Russians." Rounds added that "it looked more like it was written in Russian to begin with," and said the administration "was not responsible for this release in its current form" but wants to "utilize it as a starting point."