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Hopes of securing a breakthrough in war with Russia this week were dashed on Monday when Moscow slammed a European proposal discussed by the United States and Ukraine as “completely unstructured.”
Washington and Kiev said in a joint statement they had drafted a “refined peace framework” following talks in Geneva on Sunday. Although it contained no specific details, some of Ukraine’s allies welcomed the talks cautiously.
However, the Kremlin said the European counteroffer to the 28-point US peace plan for Ukraine was not helpful.
“At first glance the European plan… is completely unstructured and does not work for us,” Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters in Moscow.
But President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Ukrainian delegation was returning home to report Monday for talks with US officials in Switzerland. US President Donald Trump indicated new progress.
Trump claimed on Truth Social, “Is it really possible that major progress is being made in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine??? Don’t believe it until you see it, but something good could be happening.”
It comes as it is thought Zelensky could travel to the US in the coming days as Ukrainian and US officials work out secure a peace agreement The Thursday before Thanksgiving.
depends on how the trip Conversation between American officials Their Ukrainian counterparts in Geneva are believed to have left, Ukrainian and U.S. officials told CBS News.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Said talks in Switzerland had been “productive”, but warned that the two sides were still far apart in terms of reaching a final agreement.
“I think it was a very meaningful — I would say probably the best — meeting and day we had so far in this whole process, when we first came into the office in January,” he said.
“But there’s still work to do and that’s what our teams are going to do right now.”
Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said: “Our progress is very good and we are moving towards a just and lasting peace.”
Ukraine’s president said on Monday, the second day of talks in Geneva, that he would continue to work with partners, including the United States, on peace proposals.
“We continue to work with all partners, especially the United States, to seek an agreement that will strengthen but not weaken us,” Zelensky said via video link from Sweden.
Zelensky said that Russia would have to pay for the war in Ukraine and that the decision on the use of frozen Russian assets was important.
“Right now, we’re at a critical moment,” he said. “There’s a lot of noise in the media, and all the political pressure, and there’s even more responsibility for the decisions going forward.”
Immediate talks followed after its announcement by the Trump administration Proposal to end the war in Ukrainewho will force Kyiv give up land in compensation United States of America To maintain peace.
A 28-point plan was prepared after talks between Washington And moscowProvides US security guarantees for Ukraine.
In return, Kiev must abandon it nato Ambitions and European allies agree not to deploy troops to Ukraine, rejecting British-led plans to deploy international peacekeepers.
The initial US plan has been widely criticized for favoring Russia.
ukraine will be reduced to RussiaAccording to a former head of the US, it would be a “tied goat” if Trump’s peace plan is implemented MI6,
Sir Alex Younger Said that the US President’s proposal was “Unbalanced” in favor of Russia. And would “virtually guarantee” another invasion of Ukraine by Putin.