"20 Minutes" provides you with an update every evening on the conflict in Ukraine. This Saturday, the peace plan proposed by Donald Trump is on everyone's mind.

Missed the latest developments in the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes provides a daily recap. Here are the key points from Saturday, November 22nd, the 1,368th day of the conflict.

The story of the day

Ukrainian, American and European officials are due to meet in Switzerland on Sunday to discuss Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine.

This 28-point plan is viewed with great concern in Kyiv, as it incorporates several key Russian demands. However, it does offer Kyiv Western security guarantees to prevent any further Russian attacks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the plan on Friday, which Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are urging him to accept, assuring that he would propose "alternatives" to the Americans.

According to a source interviewed by AFP, the national security advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron "will go to Geneva tomorrow with his colleagues from the E3 (Germany, France, United Kingdom)" to discuss "with the United States, the E3 and the Ukrainians".

Ukrainian Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov also announced on Facebook on Saturday that there would be "upcoming consultations between senior Ukrainian and American officials on the possible parameters of a future peace agreement" with Moscow.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Donald Trump's diplomatic envoy, Steve Witkoff, are due to arrive in Geneva on Sunday.

Meeting at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, eleven countries, mainly European, stated in a declaration that the American plan "will require additional work," fearing that it would leave Ukraine "vulnerable to future attacks."

"The great powers cannot decide over the heads of the countries concerned," argued German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, stressing that "depending on the outcome of this conflict, the security of Europe will be affected."

Today's statement

Around fifty prominent figures, including writers Emmanuel Carrère and Annie Ernaux and former Iranian detainee Clotilde Reiss, are calling on France to work towards the release of Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher imprisoned in Russia since June 2024, in an opinion piece published by Le Monde on Saturday.

Imprisoned since June 2024, this 49-year-old researcher specializing in the post-Soviet space was employed on Russian soil by a Swiss NGO that mediates conflicts outside official diplomatic channels, particularly concerning Ukraine.

He was sentenced in October 2024 to three years in prison for failing to register as a "foreign agent," a label used by Russian authorities to suppress their critics. Since late August, he has faced new espionage charges, which carry a potential sentence of up to twenty years in prison.

The number of the day

30. That's the number of pages in the report signed by the G20 leaders at their summit in Johannesburg. Ukraine is mentioned only once. The G20 members call for a "just" and "lasting" peace in Ukraine, as well as in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the "occupied Palestinian territories." The American plan for Ukraine disrupted the summit's agenda, which the United States had chosen not to attend. The Europeans, for their part, held numerous consultations to formulate a counter-proposal to Donald Trump's plan.

Today's trend

Weakened by a corruption scandal involving one of his close associates, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced an audit of the defense sector on Saturday. "A decision has been prepared regarding a comprehensive review of state-owned defense companies and their corresponding contracts," Zelensky stated on Telegram, promising that any "violations found will be reported to the authorities" responsible for combating corruption.

This announcement comes as the presidency is destabilized by the revelation of a nearly $100 million corruption scandal in Ukraine's energy sector, already weakened by Russian airstrikes. According to anti-corruption authorities, the alleged mastermind of this embezzlement scheme is Timur Mindich, a close friend and former business associate of Volodymyr Zelensky, who left Ukraine shortly before the scandal broke.