This is The Guardian.
According to a report by the US media outlet Axios,
the United States has been secretly working with Russia on a new draft plan to end the war in Ukraine.
First,
there was a 28-point plan pushed by Donald Trump last Wednesday as a solution to end almost four years of a war that has devastated Ukraine and killed or injured hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians.
By the weekend, there had been a redraft, a slimmed-down 19-point proposal.
This time, with European leaders involved.
The United Kingdom,
France and Germany have put forward a counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Ukraine.
The most contentious bits in this peace plan, such as the territory and the NATO membership,
has not been directly addressed in the new version.
By Tuesday, at a summit in Abu Dhabi,
US Russian and Ukrainian officials were hammering out peace plan Mark III.
All eyes on Abu Dhabi, where Trump's unlikely negotiator,
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, is holding talks with the Russians.
The Guardian's Russian Affairs reporter, Pyotr Sauer, has been following the twists and turns.
The pace has been staggering.
We've seen Ukrainian and American officials meet in Geneva.
We've seen Europeans gather and come together with their own peace plan.
And now we're seeing Russian and Ukrainian and American officials flying to Abu Dhabi,