A few “sensitive” details, which can be overcome, remain to bring peace talks to a positive conclusion, the White House announced Tuesday afternoon. Earlier, the Financial Times reported information from the Ukrainian side indicating that Kyiv is accepting parts of the draft that are not favorable to Moscow. Still, the essential and most important issues will be discussed between Trump and Zelensky in Washington.

We appreciate the productive and constructive meetings held in Geneva between the Ukrainian and U.S. delegations, as well as President Trump’s steadfast efforts to end the war.

Our delegations reached a common understanding on the core terms of the agreement discussed in…

— Rustem Umerov (@rustem_umerov) November 25, 2025

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt spoke of “huge progress” in the past week toward a peace deal and noted that further talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the US will be required.

“In the last week, the US has made huge progress toward a peace deal, bringing both Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table,” Leavitt wrote on X. “There are a few ‘sensitive,’ but not insurmountable, details that need to be ironed out and will require further talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the US,” she added.

Over the past week, the United States has made tremendous progress toward a peace deal by bringing both Ukraine and Russia to the table.

“There are a few delicate, but not insurmountable, details that must be sorted out and will require further talks between Ukraine, Russia…”
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec), November 25, 2025

Earlier, information provided by a US official to American media about Ukraine’s agreement on key points of Trump’s plan was confirmed by the Financial Times.

Christopher Miller, the Financial Times correspondent in Kyiv, reported that, after discussions with Ukrainian officials, the Kyiv delegation participating in the Geneva negotiations agreed to points that were less favorable to Moscow. However, they left the most contentious issues — such as territorial matters and post-war security guarantees for Ukraine — to be discussed directly between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky when the two leaders meet in Washington, likely by the end of the month.

“The latest draft of the US-brokered deal that Ukraine has broadly agreed to is less favorable to Moscow, leaving the most sensitive issues to be decided by Trump and Zelensky. Senior Ukrainian officials told @FT those include territorial issues and US security guarantees, but…”
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM), November 25, 2025

According to the Financial Times, the Ukrainians have agreed to reduce the size of their military, but to 800,000 troops rather than the 600,000 originally proposed in the White House plan.

Moscow’s reaction: The West is trying to change Trump’s original plan and undermine the peace talks.

Moscow’s initial response to the news and the revised peace draft came from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who suggested he would not accept it.

Lavrov said Moscow had received the US plan to end the war in Ukraine through unofficial channels. The plan reportedly consists of 28 points. According to Russia’s BBC service, Lavrov claimed Russia had not received “any other version” of the document.

At the same time, he accused the West of trying to “reorient the Trump plan and undermine efforts to resolve” the conflict. He also added that the plan “would change” if the agreements from the Alaska summit were removed.

Lavrov declined to answer reporters’ questions about the alleged meeting in Abu Dhabi between Russian and US representatives on the “peace plan.” Moscow has neither confirmed its participation in these talks nor disclosed the composition of the Russian delegation.

Agreement on key points, U.S. official says

Earlier, a US official told NewsNation that Ukraine appears to have agreed to the main elements of the peace proposal left on the table by the Trump administration, with some details still to be settled. US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll is currently in Abu Dhabi for meetings with Russian and Ukrainian officials about the Trump administration’s proposal.

“The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace plan. There are some minor details that need to be worked out, but they have agreed on a peace deal,” the official said.

Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, confirmed in a social media post that the Ukrainian and US delegations agreed on the “basic terms” of the deal presented in Geneva.

“We appreciate the productive and constructive meetings held in Geneva between the Ukrainian and US delegations, as well as President Trump’s steadfast efforts to end the war,” Umerov wrote on X.

“Our delegations reached a common understanding on the core terms of the agreement discussed in Geneva,” he continued. “Now we rely on the support of our European partners for our next steps.”

“We look forward to organizing a visit of the President of Ukraine to the US as soon as possible in November to complete the final steps and reach an agreement with President Trump,” he added.

The US has renewed efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia, with delegations from the US, Ukraine, and key European allies meeting in Geneva over the weekend to discuss the 28-point plan proposed by the US last week.

The plan has been widely criticized as too favorable to Russia, but US officials have said the document is not final and is likely to be changed.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said late Monday that “the list of necessary steps to end the war can be made workable” after officials emerged from talks in Geneva on Sunday optimistic about progress. Zelensky said he planned to discuss “sensitive” outstanding issues with Trump.

One of the Ukrainian representatives at Sunday’s talks in Geneva, Olexandr Bevz, said the number of points in the proposed deal had been reduced, but denied reports that the original 28-point US peace plan was now 19 points.

“(The document) will continue to change. We can confirm that it was shortened to remove points not related to Ukraine, to exclude duplicates, and for editing purposes,” Bevz told the Associated Press, adding that some points exclusively related to Russia-US relations were excluded.