Washington/Moscow, Nov. 26 -- The US-backed 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine, unveiled last week, reportedly was shaped in part by a Kremlin-penned article, which was submitted to Washington in October, as per three US officials who offered some details to Axios on condition of anonymity.

Russian officials had reportedly passed it to senior members of the Trump administration in mid-October, shortly after US President Donald Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington.

The document, referred to as a "non-paper" - an unofficial diplomatic note -outlined conditions for ending the devastating war from both sides.

While its exact role in the formulation of the US proposal is unknown, it's pro-Moscow language was all...