Ukraine is reportedly in agreement with the core elements of the peace proposal put forward by the Trump administration, with some details still pending, a U.S. official confirmed to NewsNation while U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driskell was in Abu Dhabi for meetings with Russian and Ukrainian officials regarding the Trump administration’s proposal.
“The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace plan. There are a few minor details that still need to be worked out, but they have agreed to a peace deal,” the official said.
Rustem Umerov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, earlier confirmed in a social media post that the Ukrainian and U.S. delegations agreed on the “key terms” of the agreement presented in Geneva.
“We appreciate the productive and constructive meetings that took place in Geneva between the Ukrainian and U.S. delegations, as well as President Trump’s consistent efforts to end the war,” Umerov wrote on the social media platform X.
“Our delegations reached a mutual understanding regarding the key terms of the agreement discussed in Geneva. We now rely on the support of our European partners for the next steps.”
“We look forward to arranging a visit by the President of Ukraine to the U.S. as soon as possible in November, to finalize the remaining steps and reach an agreement with President Trump,” he added.
The U.S. has renewed efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia, with delegations from the U.S., Ukraine, and key European allies meeting in Geneva over the weekend to discuss a 28-point plan proposed by the U.S. last week.
The plan has been widely criticized as overly favorable to Russia, but U.S. officials have said the document is not the final proposal and is likely to change.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky late Monday stated that “the list of necessary steps to end the war can become actionable,” after officials emerged from the Geneva talks on Sunday optimistic about progress. Zelensky said he planned to discuss “sensitive” pending issues with Trump.
One of the Ukrainian delegates at Sunday’s U.S.-Ukraine talks in Geneva, Oleksandr Bevz, stated that the number of points in the proposed agreement had been reduced but denied reports that the U.S. 28-point peace plan now consists of 19 points.
“The document will continue to change. We can confirm that it was reduced to remove points unrelated to Ukraine, eliminate duplicates, and for editorial purposes,” Bevz told the Associated Press, adding that some points exclusively concerning U.S.-Russia relations were excluded.
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