LONDON — Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to elaborate on Moscow’s place within the unfolding U.S.-Ukraine negotiations concerning Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor, telling journalists on Tuesday it was “unattainable to remark” amid what he known as “an info frenzy.”
Russian officers have supplied restricted response to the weekend talks in Geneva, Switzerland, which noticed American, European and Ukrainian officers meet to debate the controversial U.S.-backed peace plan proposal put to Kyiv final week, with phrases critics say would have constituted a Ukrainian capitulation.
On Monday, a Ukrainian official near the matter informed ABC Information that the unique 28-point draft had been revised right down to 19 factors, with each American and Ukrainian representatives framing the Geneva talks as productive.
Peskov, although, stated Tuesday that Moscow couldn’t but remark. “It is unattainable to touch upon each media report proper now,” the Kremlin spokesperson stated, as quoted by Russia’s state-run Tass information company.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stands on the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 19, 2025.
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“I’d describe the scenario as an info frenzy — there is no different strategy to describe it,” he stated. “Certainly, loads of contradictory info is being revealed, contradictory statements, and so forth and so forth.”
Nonetheless, Peskov added that the unique U.S. 28-point framework “is at present the one substantive factor.” The Kremlin spokesperson described the proposal as “Trump’s framework.”
“We imagine that it may very well be an excellent foundation for talks, and that is what our president has said,” Peskov stated. “We’ll study it completely when the time comes.”
The preliminary 28-point American proposal was extensively interpreted as favorable to Russia, containing because it did a number of long-held maximalist Kremlin calls for. Amongst them had been that Ukraine minimize its armed forces by greater than half and cede swaths of territory not but occupied by Russia.
Ukraine would even be forbidden from possessing long-range weapons, whereas Moscow would retain nearly all of the territory it has occupied — and obtain some type of recognition of its 2014 seizure of Crimea beneath the newest proposed U.S. plan.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated throughout a gathering of his Safety Council that the Kremlin had acquired the 28-point U.S. proposal. “I imagine that it might additionally kind the idea for a closing peace settlement, however this textual content has not been mentioned with us intimately,” Putin stated.
“I imagine the reason being the identical: the U.S. administration has not but managed to safe the settlement of the Ukrainian aspect, as Ukraine is against it,” Putin added. “Apparently, Ukraine and its European allies are nonetheless beneath the phantasm that they will inflict a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield.”
TOPSHOT – U.S. and Ukrainian officers focus on a U.S. plan to finish the battle in Ukraine on the U.S. Mission in Geneva, on Nov. 23, 2025. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Geneva on November 23, 2025 morning for discussions on a US plan to finish the Ukraine battle, after Washington signaled room for negotiation on the controversial proposal. Ukrainian, European and Canadian officers had been additionally gathering within the Swiss metropolis. (Picture by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP through Getty Pictures)
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The Kremlin’s prime overseas coverage aide, Yuri Ushakov, informed reporters on Monday that any proposal would require revision by all events and that thus far nobody has mentioned it with Russia.
“I’d assume that it might be pure to anticipate the Individuals to strategy us to satisfy face-to-face and start discussions,” he stated when requested whether or not talks between Moscow and Washington on the American plan had been anticipated within the coming weeks.
A U.S. official informed ABC Information that U.S. Military Secretary Dan Driscoll held secret talks on Monday with a Russian delegation in Abu Dhabi within the United Arab Emirates to observe up on the talks with Ukrainian representatives in Geneva.
On Tuesday, Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov stated in televised feedback that Moscow had acquired the peace proposal “by unofficial channels.” There are, he added, “a variety of points that, in fact, want clarification.”
It isn’t totally clear how lots of the 19 remaining factors had been included within the preliminary proposal.
However a Ukrainian supply briefed on the matter informed ABC Information that the up to date proposed peace settlement doesn’t embody a strict restrict on the dimensions of the Ukrainian military and doesn’t embody any supply of amnesty for acts dedicated through the battle.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visits one of many command posts for the western troop grouping, amid the continued Russian-Ukrainian battle, Nov. 20, 2025.
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U.S. President Donald Trump hinted at progress in a Monday social media publish. “Is it actually doable that huge progress is being made in Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine???” he wrote on social media.
“Do not imagine it till you see it, however one thing good simply could also be occurring,” Trump added.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in the meantime, stated Monday that “after Geneva, there are fewer factors, not 28, and loads of the suitable issues have been taken into consideration on this framework.”
“There’s nonetheless one thing to work on collectively — very troublesome — to make a closing doc, and we have to do all the pieces with dignity,” he added, saying he’ll focus on “delicate” points with Trump.
Rustem Umerov, the secretary of Ukraine’s Nationwide Safety and Protection Council and lengthy a distinguished member of Kyiv’s negotiating group, advised in a Tuesday social media publish that Zelenskyy might go to Washington, D.C. “on the earliest appropriate date in November to finish closing steps and make a cope with President Trump.”
This {photograph} taken on Nov. 25, 2025 exhibits a view of a broken residential constructing in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy, although, stated shortly after that Ukraine and Western negotiators had “coordinated our positions and the precedence points for dialogue, in addition to a few of our subsequent steps and contacts.” The president didn’t point out a possible journey to Washington.
“We see many prospects that may make the trail to peace actual,” Zelenskyy stated. “There are important outcomes, and far work lies forward.”
ABC Information’ Luis Martinez, Patrick Reevell and Joe Simonetti contributed to this report.
