Tommaso Manni
“Major progress” has been made towards a peace agreement in Ukraine. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt wrote about this in The declaration was intertwined with signals coming from Kiev. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to meet with President Trump “as soon as possible,” perhaps by Thanksgiving, to finalize an agreement between the United States and Ukraine on terms for ending the war, Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said in an interview with Axios.
Thanksgiving peace? We will see later. Reportedly talks to end the war in Ukraine have entered a new phase, involving direct negotiations between America and Russia. This was demonstrated by yesterday’s and today’s meetings in Abu Dhabi, between US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and the Russian delegation, which were the “final piece” of American President Donald Trump’s efforts to relaunch negotiations. And this was demonstrated by Trump’s decision to enlist the help of civilian military chiefs to give new impetus to stalled talks, believing that Kiev and Moscow could be more open to military-mediated talks. This was reported by American officials quoted by the Wall Street Journal, confirming that Driscoll, who recently completed peace talks in Kiev and Geneva with Ukrainian officials, landed in Abu Dhabi yesterday to meet with Russia. Yesterday’s meeting seemed to go well, considering that today Driscoll had predicted a more concrete commitment with the Russian delegation. And the calming signals coming from Kiev – binding commitment to the draft agreement – appear encouraging.
