The 28-point plan hammered out by US and Russian envoys and put to Ukraine this week came with a deadline and an implicit threat: Sign up or face the risk of being abandoned.

BERLIN, November 22. /TASS/. Leaders of several European countries have sent to Washington their own version of the US plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, the Der Spiegel magazine wrote.

Washington signalled room for negotiation on a 28-point plan to end the Ukraine war, denying claims by US senators that it is a Russian "wish list," as Kyiv and European allies criticised the proposal ...