Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Senior U.S. military officials were due to meet Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky to discuss new peace proposals the United States has been working on with Russia behind the scenes.
Axios reported the proposal is a 28-point plan on the back of U.S. President Donald Trump's success in the Middle East where a plan he came up with produced a cease-fire that he was able to win support for from across the region is holding.
Ahead of the talks with Zelensky, U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George and Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, met with Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
Svyrydenko said the visit had enabled the officials "to assess the situation on the ground and see the consequences of Russian aggression."
Axios said U.S. and Russian officials had confirmed to it that the two countries had been been secretly consulting on drafting the new plan for the past four weeks and that it was a comprehensive one addressing the wider geopolitical issues as well as the war itself.
