US media says Trump 'quietly' approved a Ukraine-Russia peace plan earlier this week

Yesterday we had the news that:

• Axios says the U.S. is secretly drafting new plan to end Ukraine war

Then this:

• Army Secretary Driscoll and chief of staff Gen. George visit Ukraine - unannounced trip

Later:

• Oil prices fall on talk of ending the Ukraine war

And:

• Ukraine peace plan would surrender Donbas and halve its armed forces

There are major obstacles to the plan:

• Ukraine ceding land
• Putin agreeing