Trump says Ukraine showed 'zero gratitude' for US peace efforts

LONDON -- U.S., Ukrainian and European officials gathered in Switzerland on Sunday for talks on the contentious American peace plan proposal put to Kyiv this week, with terms critics say would constitute a Ukrainian capitulation.A U.S.delegation that includes Army Secretary Daniel P.

Driscoll, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Ukrainian officials in Geneva, a top U.S.official told ABC News Saturday.

U.S.officials on Sunday added that U.S.

Ambassador to Ukraine Julie Davis, Jared Kushner, State Department Counselor Michael Needham, Deputy National Security Adviser Andy Baker, and EUCOM and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen.Alexus Grynkewich were also part of the U.S.

delegation.A U.S.official told ABC News that Driscoll held "good meetings" with the Ukrainian delegation on Saturday night, which the official described as "positive and constructive." Sunday afternoon will see more formal engagements between the delegations, the official said.U.S.

President Donald Trump, meanwhile, suggested on Saturday that there is room for further negotiation.Asked by reporters whether this was his last offer, Trump replied, "No.""We'd like to get to peace," Trump said.

"One way or another we'll get it ended."But on Sunday, the president criticized Ukraine and its European backers, saying Ukrainian "'leadership' has expressed zero gratitude for our efforts" and noting that "Europe continues to buy oil from Russia."A plane believed to be transporting a U.S.delegation including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, lands at Geneva airport, in Switzerland, on Nov.

23, 2025.Valentin Flauraud/AFP via Getty ImagesUS revives Ukraine-Russia peace push with Zelenskyy on the defensiveAndriy Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office and the leader of Kyiv's delegation in Geneva, said in a post to social media that the Ukrainian group was "in a very constructive mood" as it began meetings with European officials.Additionally, Rustem...

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