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Emrys

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3. Not clear. Weiss is still investigating, as are a horde of others. A more recent tweet of his:
Sun Nov 23, 2025, 02:04 AM
Sunday
Michael Weiss
@michaeldweiss

Now Rubio says this:

Marco Rubio
@marcorubio

The peace proposal was authored by the U.S.

It is offered as a strong framework for ongoing negotiations

It is based on input from the Russian side. But it is also based on previous and ongoing input from Ukraine.


Marco Rubio
@marcorubio

Ending a complex and deadly war such as the one in Ukraine requires an extensive exchange of serious and realistic ideas. And achieving a durable peace will require both sides to agree to difficult but necessary concessions. That is why we are and will continue to develop a list of potential ideas for ending this war based on input from both sides of this conflict.


Much confusion abounds, along with the sense that for some reason, somebody's lying.

And now a new twist in the fog of war Dmitriev's stirred up:

Michael Weiss
@michaeldweiss

No journalist I’ve spoken to in the last three days believes this. Everyone agrees Dmitriev leaked it. But that Dmitriev is eager to pretend otherwise is very interesting.

Kirill Dmitriev
@kadmitriev

Facts:
1. Ukraine leaked the US peace plan through deputy Honcharenko👇
2. A U.S. official confirmed to WSJ that in this leaked plan one point was changed from “an audit of all international aid” to the “full amnesty”
3. Russia did not leak the plan or its existence / details


Kirill Dmitriev
@kadmitriev

Key point from a senior U.S. official, per WSJ, on the version of Trump’s peace plan that Ukraine published 👇

https://www.wsj.com/world/u-s-peace-plan-for-ukraine-faces-resistance-from-europe-and-kyiv-0f2bb501

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