Today, U.S. and Ukrainian officials worked to bridge gaps in a U.S. document designed to end the near four-year war.

Both sides say the U.S. has agreed to edit what was a 28-point proposal that sparked bipartisan and international concern.

Concern that the U.S. was imposing demands sought by Russia and impossible for Ukraine to accept.

Nick Schifrin has been reporting every development through the weekend and is back with us this evening.

So, Nick, how much progress has been made today on this proposal?

European officials tell me, Jeff, that the proposal is now down to 19 points instead of 28 points,

and there has been progress between the U.S. and Ukraine, as you said, in narrowing

the gaps.

The U.S. says there are two major sticking points.

Remember, the original document required Ukraine to cap the size of its military, give up its

NATO ambitions, and surrender territory in the Donetsk that it still holds despite 10 years

of Russia trying to capture it.

But in meetings today, as well as

yesterday in Geneva, led by Secretary of State, Marco Rubio and the Ukrainian presidential chief of

staff, Andrea Rommach, the U.S. heard out the Ukrainian side. And today, Caroline Levitt, the

White House spokesperson, said the U.S. was optimistic. The vast majority of these points have been agreed upon.

The Ukrainians have worked on language with us together,

and you heard that from their delegation directly yesterday.

So we feel as though we're in a very good place.

Of course, we have to make sure that all of these points are agreed to,

and then of course we're going to have to make sure the other party in this war, the Russians, agree to them as well.

Levitt specifically said there were two major points of disagreements. We don't know what they are,

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