“I completely disagree with the administration negotiating with the Russians, not the Ukrainians, and its plan to demand that the Ukrainians accept the agreement as a 'fait accompli,'” the Nebraska congressman wrote on Platform – he added.
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Who criticized the negotiations with Russia?
What are Congressman Bacon's concerns about the negotiations?
What is the Trump administration planning for peace in Ukraine?
What signals did Ukraine receive from the US?
Bacon referred in this way to the Politico website's reports that the Trump administration plans to present its peace plan negotiated with Russia to Ukraine as a “fait accompli”, believing that a weakened Ukraine will not be able to reject it. An administration official quoted by Politico said that they “don't care” about the position of European countries.
The first one wrote about the 28-point plan agreed between Vladimir Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, but did not provide details. However, Dmitriev stated that he was responding to Russian security concerns and assumed a reset of relations between the US and Russia.
Witkoff himself, in a now deleted entry on X, which was a response to the author of the text in Axios, wrote “he must have gotten it from K.”, which may indicate that the source was Kirill Dmitriev. The Russian Foreign Ministry, in turn, denied receiving any information about the American peace proposal.
Ukraine received “signals”
The Reuters agency, citing confidential sources, reported that the US “signaled to Ukraine that it must accept the US-developed framework for ending the war” and that it assumes territorial concessions, partial disarmament and limiting the size of the Ukrainian army.
On Wednesday, United States Secretary of Land Forces Dan Driscoll, the highest-ranking Pentagon official in Donald Trump's administration, arrived in Kiev to visit Ukraine. The aim of the visit is to include, among others: talks on ending the war, as well as partnership in drone production with Ukraine. According to the Wall Street Journal, Witkoff was to advise Driscoll on peace negotiations.
Reports of a potential breakthrough come at a time when President Trump has agreed to Congress proceeding with a bill on new sanctions against Russia. Despite this, PAP sources in Congress expressed skepticism on Tuesday and Wednesday whether the restrictions would actually be passed.
