US EditionTrump says he’ll meet with Putin and Zelensky when peace deal is finalized
Trump's envoys will negotiate with Russian and Ukrainian officials on a revised 28-point peace plan, with only a few disagreements remaining, aiming to finalize the deal soon.
- Yesterday, President Donald Trump said his team had made 'tremendous progress' toward a U.S. peace plan and he would meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin only when the deal is final or nearly so.
- The original 28-point U.S. draft was fine-tuned with input from both sides after a leak last week, leading negotiators to pare it down to roughly 20 points.
- Mr Trump has directed Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to meet President Putin in Moscow while Dan Driscoll, U.S. Army Secretary, meets Ukrainian officials to discuss remaining differences.
- Kremlin officials said Monday the plan requires further reworking and Putin’s acceptance remains unclear; European leaders voiced scepticism and agreed to accelerate security talks, while the European Commission will finalise frozen asset decisions soon.
- Despite diplomacy, fighting continues as recent Russian strikes killed seven in Kyiv, while Zelenskyy warned, it's 'security decisions about Ukraine must include Ukraine, security decisions about Europe must include Europe.
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The revelation by Bloomberg, on Tuesday, of Steve Witkoff's exchanges with Russian diplomatic adviser Yuri Ouchakov illustrates, if it were still necessary, the weak behind the scenes of Donald Trump's so-called peace plan.
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