Such issues include the territorial claims of the aggressor country, Russia, constitutional changes to exclude NATO membership, and the precise nature of America's security guarantees.
A Western diplomatic source said Russia would begin to make concessions only at the very end of the process, which he predicted would take months at best. The question is when Russia will begin to concede, and what will be the position on the front line by that time.
Ukrainian observers believe that the Kremlin will not be ready for real negotiations until the end of winter. Then the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin will have to decide on a new wave of mobilization, and the Russian economy will begin to feel serious pressure due to falling oil revenues and sanctions.
Many in Ukraine are skeptical that Putin will ever agree to a deal. To force him to do this will require real pressure from America, which has not yet been observed. One former Ukrainian diplomat believes Ukraine's best chance is to simply keep fighting without losing allies.
“The path has become very narrow. It is necessary to avoid a conflict with Trump. It is necessary to maintain arms supplies paid for by Europe. And then wait, hoping that the Kremlin will reach a point when, in its opinion, the war will become unbearable,” the source said.
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Bloomberg wrote that the 28-point plan, which was agreed upon by US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin's special representative on investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, was not accepted, because it had many contradictory aspects.
After response on the part of Ukraine and European partners, during negotiations in Geneva on November 23, the Russian-American document was changed, reduced to 19 positions. The White House released a statement after the negotiations that the amended draft peace agreement reflects the national interests of Ukraine.
The White House said on November 25 that the United States had made “tremendous progress” towards a peace agreement by inviting Ukraine and the aggressor country of the Russian Federation to the negotiating table. They noted that “there are several delicate, but not insurmountable, details that need to be resolved” and “which will require further negotiations between Ukraine, Russia and the United States.” Thus, CNN named three key points of the “peace plan” on which there is still no agreement between Ukraine and the United States.
On November 25, Trump expressed the opinion that agreements to resolve the war of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation against Ukraine are very close. The head of the White House instructed Witkoff to meet with Putin in Moscow, and US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll with the Ukrainian side in Kyiv in order to finalize the “peace plan.” The OP announced Driscoll’s visit to Ukraine this weekend.
