KYIV — Ukrainians were in the dark Thursday.

As the latest wave of Russian drones plunged parts of the country into frigid blackouts , there was disquiet in Kyiv and across Europe over the new 28-point “peace plan” approved by President Donald Trump, as a senior administration official told NBC News, after weeks of secret negotiations.

Ukraine and its allies on the continent have been frozen out of talks between Washington and Moscow before, and there was conflicting information about whether they were involved this time.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday pushed back at reports that the terms of the plan are favorable to Russia and maintained that Ukraine had been consulted on it.

She said that Trump had grown “increasingly frustrated” with both countries but

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