A surprise US plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine stunned Kyiv and Europe last week, as they viewed it as echoing Russia's demands.
Over the weekend, officials from the United States, Ukraine and Europe scrambled at emergency talks in Geneva to revise the 28-point blueprint.
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