{"id":105174,"date":"2025-12-03T04:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=105174"},"modified":"2025-12-03T04:11:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:11:00","slug":"kremlin-signals-no-ukraine-breakthrough-after-putin-talks-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=105174","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin signals no Ukraine breakthrough after Putin talks with US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five hours of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump\u2019s senior negotiator appear to have failed to produce a breakthrough on securing a Ukraine peace deal.<\/p>\n

A Kremlin spokesman said the Moscow meeting was \u201cconstructive\u201d, but parts of the plan remained unacceptable to Russia.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner attended the talks after weeks of intensive diplomacy aimed at ending the war. The US team has not commented since leaving Moscow.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Tuesday, Putin said changes proposed by Kyiv and Europe to a US-backed draft peace plan were unacceptable, adding if Europe \u201cwants to go to war and starts one, we are ready right now\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ukraine and its allies have been lobbying the US to amend its draft peace deal, which the White House has sought to secure rapid agreement on and the Kremlin has previously indicated it was receptive to.<\/p>\n

That plan, which was widely seen as being favourable to Russia after being\u00a0leaked to the media in November, has undergone several changes in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Asked about the proposal after the Moscow meeting, Putin\u2019s senior aide Yuri Ushakov said the Kremlin \u201cagreed with some points\u2026 but some things we criticised\u201d. He added: \u201cWe have not come up with a compromise version yet\u2026 A lot of work lies ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key disagreements between Moscow and Kyiv remain, including over Ukraine agreeing to cede territory it continues to control and security guarantees provided by Europe.<\/p>\n

Moscow and Ukraine\u2019s European allies also remain starkly at odds over their expectations of what a peace settlement should look like.<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the talks, Putin lashed out at leaders on the continent who have supported Kyiv\u2019s defensive war effort since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in 2022.<\/p>\n

He said European leaders were under the illusion they could inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. His country, he said, \u201cwasn\u2019t planning to go to war with Europe \u2013 but if Europe suddenly wants to go to war and starts one, we are ready right now\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expected to be briefed on the Kremlin talks by the US team after the meeting, though it was unclear whether Witkoff and Kushner would fly to Kyiv or other European capitals for further in-person negotiations.<\/p>\n

Speaking before the Kremlin talks took place, the Ukrainian leader said on Tuesday there was an opportunity to end the war \u201cnow more than ever\u201d, but that elements of the proposals still needed to be worked out.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything depends on today\u2019s discussions,\u201d Zelensky told a press conference during an official visit to Ireland.<\/p>\n

Zelensky said there were \u201cno simple solutions\u201d, repeating his country\u2019s insistence that Kyiv take part in peace discussions, and that clear security guarantees be agreed, such as Nato membership \u2013 a move long opposed by Russia and ruled out by Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to stop the war in such a manner that in one year, Russia would not come back\u201d, Zelensky added.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian representatives have held two rounds of high-level talks on the draft plan in recent weeks, which have been attended by Witkoff, Kushner and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n

The White House said the proposals had been \u201cvery much refined\u201d as a result, although details of the updated plan have not been confirmed.<\/p>\n

Putin \u2013 who believes Russia has the initiative on the battlefield \u2013 had appeared immovable on his demands as recently as last week, while Zelensky has repeatedly said he would never relinquish control of eastern Ukrainian regions.<\/p>\n

While Tuesday\u2019s talks were under way, Trump told his cabinet in Washington that the conflict had not been easy to resolve, describing the conflict as \u201ca mess\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kyiv\u2019s European allies had countered the US-backed 28-point plan with their own document \u2013 removing many of the most contentious elements, such as Washington\u2019s recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk as de facto Russian.<\/p>\n

Zelensky had met French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, with several European leaders joining the meeting virtually.<\/p>\n

Macron said there was \u201cno finalised plan to speak of\u201d and that it could only be achieved with input from Ukraine and Europe.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, fighting continued on the front lines on Tuesday. Ukraine\u2019s military said it was still engaging Russian troops in the key eastern city of Pokrovsk \u2013 contradicting Moscow\u2019s claim to have captured it.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defence shared a video on Telegram claiming to show its troops holding up flags in the strategically important city, which they have been trying to seize for over a year.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s eastern military command claimed Russia had tried to \u201cflag-plant\u201d in the city so that \u201cpropagandists\u201d could say it had been captured. \u201cThey fled in a hurry, and the mopping up of enemy groups continues,\u201d it said in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s military said its forces still controlled the northern part of the city, with Russian units suffering heavy losses, while international observers also disputed Russia\u2019s claim to the area.<\/p>\n

The military in Kyiv also dismissed Russia\u2019s claims to have captured the north-eastern Ukrainian border town of Vovchansk and said it had \u201csignificantly improved\u201d its position in the northeastern city of Kupyans, which Russia claimed to have conquered a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed or injured \u2013 alongside more than 14,000 civilians, according to the UN.<\/p>\n

Civilian targets including kindergartens, hospitals and residential buildings have been destroyed or heavily damaged by nightly drone or missile attacks.<\/p>\n

The conflict between the two ex-Soviet states stretches back to 2014 when Ukraine\u2019s pro-Russian president was overthrown and Russia responded by annexing Crimea and supporting armed uprisings in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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