Axios: Washington and Kyiv are close to an agreement on the US peace plan for Ukraine and the talks have been fruitful and comprehensive in some areas
Axios reported, citing US and Ukrainian officials, that representatives of Washington and Kyiv have made some progress in Geneva toward reaching an agreement on Washington’s proposed plan for the Ukraine settlement.
A US official directly involved in the negotiations told Axios that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll, and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet on Sunday with the Ukrainian delegation at the US mission in Geneva.
Driscoll also met with the Ukrainian delegation on Saturday, the source added.
According to the official, these negotiations were fruitful and constructive.
According to US official, talks between US and Ukrainian representatives in Geneva have so far been fruitful and even comprehensive in some areas.
The US administration had previously announced the development of a plan for the Ukrainian settlement, noting that it wouldn’t discuss its details yet as work is still ongoing. For its part, the Kremlin said that Russia remains open to negotiations and is still following the approach of the Anchorage talks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated during a meeting of the Russian Security Council on November 21 that the US plan could form the basis for a final peace settlement, but this text hasn’t yet been concretely discussed with Russia.
In his estimation, this is related to the US administration’s inability to get Kyiv’s approval, as Ukraine and its European allies are still under the illusion of seeking to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield.
Putin noted that their position is linked to the lack of objective information on the actual situation on the battlefield.
The Russian head of state stressed that if Kyiv rejects the US proposals, Ukraine and the European instigators of the war must realize that the events that took place in Kupiansk will inevitably be repeated in other key areas of the front.
Putin added that this generally suits Russia, as it leads to the achievement of the objectives of the military operation by armed means, but Russia, as has repeatedly stated earlier, is also ready for peaceful negotiations, which requires a concrete discussion of all the details of the proposed plan.
Russian President Dmitry Peskov’s official spokesman said that the Kyiv regime must make a decision and start negotiating, as Kyiv’s space for freedom of decision-making is shrinking in light of the offensive operations of the Russian armed forces, and this represents exactly forcing the regime in Kyiv to resolve the issue peacefully, and that the continuation of the current situation for Kyiv is meaningless and dangerous.
