Diplomats report “serious progress” in rapprochement between Russia and Ukraine
27 November 15:09
Diplomats close to the negotiations on the settlement of the war in Ukraine report “serious progress” in bringing the positions of Moscow and Kyiv closer together.
This was reported by The Economist magazine, according to "Komersant Ukrainian".
“Those close to the negotiations speak of ‘serious progress’ in bringing Ukraine and Russia closer together,” the publication said.
According to the magazine, US President Donald Trump has abandoned his demand to sign an agreement on Ukraine by the end of November. In addition, as noted in the article, some of the most pressing issues of the agreement have been postponed for further discussion at a personal meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The US peace plan
In mid-November, the United States presented Ukraine with a version of a peace plan. One of its 28 points provided for Kyiv to receive reliable security guarantees. After talks between Washington and Kyiv in Geneva, the document was reduced to 22 points, Trump said. At the same time, the US administration claimed that the parties had disagreements on only a few points.
According to a senior Ukrainian source at CNN, Kyiv rejected three key points of the peace plan. In particular, Ukraine is still not ready to hand over the unoccupied part of Donbas to Russia, limit the size of the army to 600,000 troops, and refuse to join NATO.
Previously, the U.S. side had set November 27 as the deadline for Kyiv to accept the terms of the peace plan. The US President said that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy must accept the offer or continue to “fight with all the little strength we have.” After the talks in Geneva, the Ukrainian side offered to organize a visit by Zelenskyy to the United States to discuss the most sensitive aspects of the peace plan with Trump. However, the White House chief said that he expects to meet with Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin only when “the agreement to end this war is final or in its final stages.” He instructed his special envoy Steve Witkoff to fly to Russia for talks with Putin, and US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll to contact Kyiv.
