US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Reuters Image)

The global controversy surrounding a sweeping US-backed peace plan for Ukraine that requires it to cede its territory and cut its military strength took a bizarre turn, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told US Senators that the plan was not America’s, but merely a “leaked" Russian “wish list", as per reports.

Rubio told a bipartisan delegation at the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada on Saturday that President Donald Trump’s 28-point blueprint to end the war in Ukraine – which is widely being seen as favourable to Russia – is actually a Russian proposal, not a US initiative, said Republican Senator Mike Rounds.

“He made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a proposal that was delivered to one of our represen

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