A U.S. official informed CBS Information on Tuesday that Ukraine’s authorities had “agreed to a peace deal” brokered by the Trump administration to cease Russia’s almost four-year assault. The American official and Ukraine’s nationwide safety adviser Rustem Umerov mentioned a typical understanding on a proposal had been reached, with particulars nonetheless to be labored out.
Umerov voiced optimism that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may journey to the U.S. earlier than the top of November to finalize an settlement. CBS Information was first to report on Sunday that U.S. and Ukrainian officers had beforehand mentioned a possible go to to the U.S. this week by Zelenskyy.
“The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal,” the U.S. official informed CBS Information. “There are some minor particulars to be sorted out however they’ve agreed to a peace deal.”
The information got here as U.S. Military Secretary Dan Driscoll was in Abu Dhabi to fulfill with Russian officers, two U.S. officers and two diplomatic sources who weren’t approved to talk publicly informed CBS Information. A fifth supply with information of the talks additionally confirmed Driscoll’s presence within the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Taking to Fact Social on Tuesday afternoon, President Trump mentioned there have been “just a few remaining factors of disagreement.”
The president mentioned he directed his envoy Steve Witkoff to fulfill with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and that Driscoll would meet with the Ukrainians.
“I can be briefed on all progress made, together with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Struggle Pete Hegseth, and White Home Chief of Workers Susie Wiles,” Mr. Trump mentioned. “I stay up for hopefully assembly with President Zelenskyy and President Putin quickly, however ONLY when the deal to finish this Struggle is FINAL or, in its remaining phases.”
Later Tuesday, Mr. Trump informed reporters aboard Air Pressure One which “we’re making progress.” Requested what factors of disagreement stay, he mentioned, “commonplace issues,” however “individuals are beginning to notice it is a whole lot for each events.”
On Tuesday morning, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X, “Over the previous week, the USA has made great progress in direction of a peace deal by bringing each Ukraine and Russia to the desk. There are a couple of delicate, however not insurmountable, particulars that have to be sorted out and would require additional talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the USA.”
There was no fast response from Russia, the invading drive, to what was agreed to in Abu Dhabi, and there have been no particulars from U.S. or Ukrainian officers about what’s within the newest proposal. Umerov mentioned Tuesday that Ukraine had agreed to the “core phrases” of a peace proposal amid the continued talks in Abu Dhabi, which embody U.S., Ukrainian and Russian officers, although not all collectively on the identical time.
Talking earlier on Tuesday, veteran Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov informed reporters that whereas Russia “appreciates the U.S.’ place, which is taking the initiative in resolving the Ukrainian battle,” Moscow “operates professionally, not leaking info earlier than formal agreements are reached … Russia expects the U.S. to tell it of the outcomes of consultations with Ukraine and Europe within the close to future.”
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Lavrov careworn that, whereas Russia was nonetheless ready to obtain “from our American colleagues” an up to date model of the peace proposal, Moscow anticipated it to incorporate primary tenets agreed between Presidents Trump and Putin throughout their August assembly in Alaska.
“Key proposals of Trump’s plan are based mostly on understandings reached in Anchorage,” Lavrov mentioned. He mentioned these rules have been “mirrored within the plan” proposed final week by the White Home, “which we welcomed – President Putin mentioned that.”
“We’re prepared to debate concrete formulations as a result of there are an entire row of questions that should be clarified,” Lavrov mentioned, including: “If there can be no spirit and letter of Anchorage on the important thing understandings that we now have fixated, then will probably be a distinct scenario in precept.”
Umerov mentioned Tuesday that Ukraine had agreed to the “core phrases” of a peace proposal amid the continued talks in Abu Dhabi, which contain U.S., Ukrainian and Russian officers, although not all assembly collectively on the identical time.
Umerov additionally mentioned in a social media publish that the nation’s negotiators had “reached a typical understanding on the core phrases” of an settlement mentioned amongst U.S., European and Ukrainian officers in Geneva over the weekend.
“We now rely on the assist of our European companions in our additional steps. We stay up for organizing a go to of Ukraine’s President to the U.S. on the earliest appropriate date in November to finish remaining steps and make a cope with President Trump,” Umerov mentioned.
A Trump administration official mentioned there was no settlement for Zelenskyy to return to the U.S. as of late Tuesday morning, however that if a gathering does occur within the coming days, it may happen at Mar-a-Lago.
A U.S. navy official in Abu Dhabi informed CBS Information Driscoll spent hours negotiating Tuesday with Russian representatives, going out and in of conferences all day.
“We stay very optimistic,” the official mentioned. “Secretary Driscoll is optimistic. Hopefully, we’ll get suggestions from the Russians quickly. That is transferring fast.”
It isn’t clear who else is within the U.S. delegation in Abu Dhabi. A U.S. official informed CBS Information on Tuesday {that a} Ukrainian delegation was additionally there and has been involved with Driscoll and his workforce.
The obvious progress in Abu Dhabi comes amid an intensified push by President Trump to safe a ceasefire within the virtually four-year-long Russia-Ukraine warfare.
A supply with information informed CBS Information that Driscoll was working in Abu Dhabi off of a revised model of the White Home’s 28-point proposal, following productive negotiations in Geneva.
Over the weekend, Driscoll, Rubio, Witkoff, the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and diplomats from Ukraine and European allies attended talks in Geneva, Switzerland. Driscoll’s assembly with Russian officers additionally follows a go to to Ukraine’s capital final week.
U.S. and Ukrainian officers had beforehand mentioned a possible go to to the U.S. this week by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, CBS Information reported on Sunday.
Final week, CBS Information obtained a draft of 1 Trump administration-backed proposal to finish the warfare. The proposed plan included a number of provisions that Zelenskyy has rejected prior to now, corresponding to a requirement that Ukraine quit its whole Donetsk area — together with components that are not occupied by Russia — and an finish to the nation’s push to affix NATO.
There’s additionally an accompanying doc associated to safety ensures, in line with U.S. and Ukrainian officers. Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., informed “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sunday the doc specifies that the U.S. intends to supply “safety assurances” that she mentioned are alongside the traces of Article 5 of the NATO treaty, which commits members to return to the protection of a NATO state that’s attacked.
On Saturday, a bunch of NATO members and different U.S. allies launched a joint assertion calling the proposed peace plan “a foundation which would require further work.”
The White Home mentioned in a press release Sunday evening that U.S. and Ukrainian officers had “drafted an up to date and refined peace framework” following the discussions in Geneva. Rubio described one session in Geneva as “very significant” however added that “there’s nonetheless some work left to do, and that is what our groups are going to be doing proper now.”
Mr. Trump has pressed Zelenskyy to achieve a deal by Thanksgiving, although Rubio described that deadline as versatile on Sunday.
A U.S. official informed CBS Information that Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to consider that he’ll take the Donetsk area of Ukraine someway — both by way of a negotiated settlement or on the battlefield. The Trump administration’s negotiations in Geneva started from the premise that Putin is appropriate.
Whereas that very same U.S. official declined to supply a U.S. evaluation of whether or not Ukraine is dropping the warfare within the East, the U.S. official mentioned that the trajectory of the preventing factors to Russia taking Donetsk. The official indicated that the Russian progress within the jap frontline metropolis of Pokrovsk, which is a logistics hub for Ukraine, was not a constructive signal for Kyiv’s defensive prospects. Russian media typically refers to Pokrovsk because the “gateway” to Ukraine’s industrial Donbas area.
