Reference News Network, November 23 report: According to the Associated Press, November 22 report, U.S. senators who criticized President Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said on the 22nd that they had spoken with U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, who told them that the peace plan that Trump urged Kyiv to accept was a "wish list" from the Russians, not an actual American plan.

This 28-point peace plan was drafted by the Trump administration and the Kremlin without Ukraine's participation. The senators said earlier on the 22nd that it would only reward Moscow.

Before the senators opposed the plan, other U.S. legislators, including some Republicans, also raised criticism, but none had the power to stop the plan.

The report mentioned that during a panel discussion at the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada, U.S. independent Senator Angus King from Maine said, "Russia has no ethical, legal, moral, or political justification for claiming sovereignty over eastern Ukraine."

King is a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He compared this proposal to the Munich Agreement signed by British Prime Minister Chamberlain with Hitler in 1938, which was a historic failed appeasement effort.

However, King and Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen later said that they had spoken with Rubio along with other senators at the forum. King said that Rubio told them that the plan "was not the plan of the U.S. government," but rather "a wish list of the Russians."

Shaheen said that Rubio was on his way to Geneva, where he would meet with European and Ukrainian officials. She said that Rubio had contacted her and Republican Senator Mike Rounds from South Dakota.

Shaheen said, "This is a Russian proposal. There are many parts of this plan that are completely unacceptable."

According to Reuters, November 22 report, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said on November 22 that the 28-point Ukraine peace plan announced this week was drafted by Washington, contradicting previous statements by several senators. Rubio wrote on the social media platform X: "The proposal provides a solid framework for current negotiations, drawing on Russian input as well as Ukraine's past and current positions."

Earlier on the 22nd, Republican Senator Mike Rounds, speaking at a meeting in Halifax, emphasized: "Rubio clearly told us that the United States was merely the recipient of the proposal. It is neither our suggestion nor our plan."

"It doesn't look like something our government would typically release, especially its wording. It looks more like it was initially written in Russian," Rounds said. (Translated by Wang Diqing)

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