Kremlin urged not to expect a peace agreement on Ukraine soon
26 November 2025 17:11
Statements that a peace agreement on Ukraine may be concluded in the near future are premature.
Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, said this on Wednesday, November 26, "Komersant Ukrainian" reported, citing Russian propaganda media.
“Wait for now, it’s premature to talk about it,” Peskov said when asked if the situation was indeed closer than ever to a peace deal being reached.
The Donald Trump administration’s 28-point peace plan, which Reuters reported was based on Kremlin proposals, underwent significant changes after talks with Ukrainian officials in Geneva. Kiev rejected three key points that Moscow had insisted on: reducing the number of AFU troops, refusing to join NATO and completely surrendering Donbass, sources familiar with the outcome of the talks told CNN.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered Trump a meeting in Washington to discuss sensitive territorial issues. But Trump ignored his request, traveling to the Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Trump officials fear that, in its current form, the plan will be rejected by Vladimir Putin immediately, sources told The New York Times.
“Putin still wants everything,” notes Max Bergman, director of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“The main point is that he wants Ukraine to remain in his orbit. And if he can’t have Ukraine, no one can,” Bergman explains Putin’s logic.
He reminds us that the 28-point “peace plan” is not the first episode this year when it seemed that diplomacy was about to lead to a peace agreement.
“In a way it’s like a merry-go-round,” Bergman compares, “After each initiative there is a sea of activity and it seems like we are moving somewhere. But eventually it stops, and we end up at the same point we were. And the war continues.”
Unless Putin suddenly changes his position, it is highly unlikely that a peace agreement will be reached, agrees Janis Kluge, a researcher at the German Institute for International Security Affairs.
“Putin wants to end Ukraine’s sovereignty. However, even if Trump agrees to this, it is not easy to strip a country of its sovereignty against the will of its people and allies,” explains Kluge.
The US peace plan: what is known
Recall that recently in the media appeared the so-called peace plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. The US claimed to have developed it, but the real developer of the plan turned out to be the Russian regime. This became definitely clear after the Bloomberg publication on November 26 published recordings of conversations between Steve Whitkoff, the special representative of the US president, and Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian dictator.
The plan itself initially consisted of 28 points that were unacceptable for Ukraine. In particular, it envisioned the transfer of part of the Donbass territories to Russia in exchange for long-term security guarantees for Ukraine and the EU, the reduction of the Ukrainian army, the rejection of long-range weapons, etc.
After the Ukrainian-American-European negotiations in Geneva on November 23, the Financial Times reported that the document had been significantly reduced – instead of 28 points, it still contained 19. In addition, there was almost nothing left of Russia’s whims.
