Ukraine put the brakes on the US peace plan and denied any alleged “agreement”, reiterating that efforts were still ongoing. Meanwhile, Moscow admitted that it had not received communication from Zelensky regarding his intention to negotiate the American proposal.
To date, there has been no agreement or rejection regarding the US peace plan for Ukraine, as stated by the Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov. “While work with the US delegation continues in Kiev – he wrote on social media – various reconstructions regarding the content of the consultations appeared in public. Press reports about alleged ‘approval’ or ‘point removal’ have little to do with reality“.
In particular, Umerov wanted to make clear his mission to the United States: “My role is technical, organizing meetings and preparing dialogue, I do not carry out any evaluations, let alone agree on any points. This does not fall within my remit and does not comply with procedures.”
“Yesterday there was a conversation between the President of Ukraine and the US delegation authorized by President Trump – he continued – today work continues in Kiev at the technical level between teams. We we carefully analyze all proposals from our partners and we ask for the same respectful approach to Ukraine’s position.” “We are carefully working on the proposals of all partners within the framework of immutable principles: sovereignty, security for our people and just peace“, he then concluded.
Kremlin: “Not informed about Zelensky’s intention to negotiate peace plan”
Moscow, for its part, announced that it had not received any information regarding Zelensky’s intention to negotiate US President Donald Trump’s peace plan. This was revealed by Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov to journalist Aleksandr Yunashev. “Peskov told me that Moscow had not been informed about Zelensky’s agreement to negotiate Trump’s peace plan,” the journalist wrote on Telegram.
Orban: “The next two or three weeks are very important”
The “next two or three weeks” will be critical to America’s plans to end the war in Ukraine. This was stated by the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, in his weekly radio address. “This peace plan contains proposals that have been discussed in advance by Russia and America. I believe we are at a decisive point: the next two or three weeks will be very important.” For Orban “something will start to take shape”.
