US Secretary of State Marco Rubio projected optimism on Sunday after what he described as productive discussions between the American and Ukrainian officials in Geneva, Switzerland, aimed at stopping the war in Ukraine.

The United States and Ukraine said they had created an "updated and refined peace framework" to end the war with Russia that apparently modified an earlier plan drafted by the Trump administration which Kyiv and its allies saw as too sympathetic to Moscow.

The president's latest remarks come as the administration has pushed Kyiv to accept a peace deal by Thanksgiving.

A proposed peace plan for Ukraine led by the United States has been met with anguish by many Ukrainians, who fear a post-war amnesty for Russian forces would erase accountability for alleged atrocities.

The president also took aim at former President Joe Biden, arguing that Putin only attacked Ukraine because Biden was president at the time.

As residents of the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil face bombardment by night, and wreckage by day, they share their anger at an American peace proposal that many say favors Russia above Ukraine

Top European and Ukrainian envoys have met in Geneva ahead of talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio about President Donald Trump's proposal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.