New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- The Trump administration has been "secretly" working in consultation with Russia to draft a new plan to end the war in Ukraine, US and Russian officials have said. Axios reported that the US plan is likely to have 28 points - "inspired" by the US president's successful push for a deal in war-torn Gaza.

It's not yet clear how Ukraine and its European backers will feel about it, the Axios report added.

Sources told Axios that the plan's 28 points fall into four general buckets: peace in Ukraine, security guarantees, security in Europe, and future US relations with Russia and Ukraine.

A US official reportedly stated that Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, is leading the drafting of the plan and has discussed it extensivel...