“They are going well,” Trump responded to the relevant question.
He added that he had already spoken with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his special envoy Steve Witkoff, who held talks with the Ukrainian delegation in Miami.
“I talked to them, they are doing well,” Trump said.
According to him, “there is a good chance of concluding an agreement.”
On December 1, Witkoff will fly to Moscow, and the next day he is scheduled to negotiate with the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump was asked if he wanted to give Putin a deadline to reach a deal to end the war against Ukraine.
“I don’t have deadlines,” replied the US President. “For me, the deadline is when the war will end. And I hope that the war will end.”
Negotiations in the United States between the American and Ukrainian delegations consisted of two parts. The first lasted two hours, after which a break was announced. In total, the negotiations lasted five hours, noted Axios. By results of the meeting in Miami Rubio said that the American and Ukrainian teams are working not only on the conditions for ending the war between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, but also on “conditions that will ensure long-term prosperity for Ukraine.” The head of the Ukrainian delegation, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov called negotiations with the United States “difficult,” but “meaningful and successful.”
Context
Bloomberg wrote that the 28-point plan, which was agreed upon by Vitkoff and Putin’s special representative for investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, was not accepted, because it had too many contradictory aspects.
After a response from Ukraine and European partners during negotiations in Geneva on November 23, the Russian-American document was changed, reducing it to 19 provisions. The White House released a statement after the negotiations that the amended draft peace agreement reflects Ukraine's national interests.
On November 25, Trump expressed the opinion that agreements to resolve the Russian war against Ukraine are very close.
On November 27, Putin said that the Russian Federation is allegedly ready to cease fire in the war if the Ukrainian defense forces leave parts of Ukrainian territory that are not captured by the occupiers, which are claimed by Moscow. He threatened that “if they don’t leave,” then the Russian Federation will supposedly “achieve this by military means.” Putin added that Russia is “ready to fight to the last Ukrainian.”
Before his dismissal from the post of head of the OP, Andrei Ermak stated that Zelensky will not sign a document renouncing the territory.
The media wrote that the United States, at negotiations with Ukraine on November 30, wants to close disputes on two key points of the “peace plan” – Ukrainian territories and security guarantees for Kyiv. The parties will also discuss election schedule in Ukraine and several more “unresolved issues,” the WSJ announced.
