Bloomberg report claims Trump’s Ukraine peace plan was drafted in Moscow

It has been alleged that Kirill Dmitriyev, the Russian President’s Special Representative for Economic Cooperation, conveyed Moscow’s demands for ending the war in Ukraine to US President Donald Trump’s Special Representative, Steve Witkoff.

According to phone call transcripts published by Bloomberg, these demands, drafted in Moscow, were subsequently presented to the public as Trump’s peace plan.

The records in question are based on a conversation between Dmitriyev and Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov.

Dmitriyev wanted the document preserved ‘word for word’

During the discussion held on October 29 between Dmitriyev and Ushakov, the transmission of the peace plan draft prepared in the Kremlin to the American side via “unofficial” channels was addressed.

During the conversation, Dmitriyev stated, “It seems to me that we prepare this paper as our own position, and I will convey it directly and unofficially. Let them present it as if it were their own.”

Yuri Ushakov expressed reservations regarding this method. He noted that Steve Witkoff, to whom the document would be sent, might “alter” the text and subsequently claim that the changes made had been coordinated with Moscow.

In response, Dmitriyev emphasized that he would ask Witkoff to preserve the formulation “word for word” and that the process would be managed “meticulously.”

He also added that Ushakov could discuss this document in person with Trump’s special representative.

Experts detected Russian language patterns in the text

The British newspaper The Guardian reported, following a linguistic analysis of the peace plan presented by the US President, that the text contained expressions not typically used by native English speakers.

According to the analysis, the document heavily featured passive grammatical structures, a characteristic trait of formal Russian correspondence.

As reported by Politico, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also stated during a meeting with a group of senators that the American peace plan was, in fact, a Russian proposal.

However, Rubio later argued in a post on the social media platform X that the document had been prepared by the American administration.

Trump admitted the draft favored Russia

US President Donald Trump announced that following coordination of the plan with Ukraine, the number of articles in the document was reduced from 28 to 22.

Stating that the initial draft was “too favorable for Russia,” Trump noted that it merely served as a “roadmap.”

Trump noted that, currently, disagreements remain over only a few articles. It was reported that Steve Witkoff would be sent back to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to resolve these issues.