Michael Weiss

That's been stripped away of the new version.

And we don't know.

We haven't seen this 19-point document, but the Ukrainians are kind of breathing a sigh of relief.

The Poles, who I'm in touch with, were absolutely beside themselves, freaking out, especially about, oh, Poland is going to be a parking lot for jets.

I mean, nobody told us this.

Donald Tusk, the prime minister, he had tweeted, we'd like to know who authored this thing before we're getting involved.

Warsaw is beginning to feel a little bit easier about it, which is reassuring to myself anyway.

So the Europeans kind of came in.

They kind of worked with little Marco and finessed and massage.

Basically, it's like the minerals deal.

Something completely untenable and ridiculous has been lawyered.

to a pale shade of its former self.

Now, if the US and the Ukrainians agree, remember, this is not a negotiation that involves Russia or official Russia just yet.

If the US and the Ukrainians and the Europeans agree on something and they go to the Kremlin,

My guess is, and Catherine Belton did a very good piece in the Washington Post about this, the Russians are going to say, this sucks.

We want the original Dmitriyev-authored plan.

And even that one had problems.

And Putin, by the way, he doesn't care.

He's happy to keep fighting.

He thinks he's winning the war.