Kremlin hints it may reject updated peace plan
Photo: Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov (Getty Images)
The Kremlin claims it has not seen the updated version of the US peace plan following recent contacts between Washington and Kyiv, but has already warned that Moscow may dislike many things, said Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian President, according to Reuters.
According to Ushakov, the Russian side has not yet seen the new proposals, but he has already suggested that Moscow may not respond favorably to them.
"We haven't seen the revised versions of the American drafts. When we see them, we may not like a lot of things, that's how I sense it," Ushakov said.
He claimed that European and Ukrainian officials would hold an "active brainstorming session" over the weekend, and that the Kremlin needs to see the outcome.
The initial version of the US peace plan contained 28 points, some of which were unacceptable to Ukraine.
In particular, it proposed withdrawing troops from parts of Donbas, reducing the army size, and giving up the bid for NATO membership. Neither Ukraine nor its European partners supported such conditions.
After that, the Ukrainian and American negotiating teams held several meetings in Geneva and Miami to finalize the document.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the plan was eventually reduced to 20 points.
On December 10, he said Kyiv had agreed on the key elements of the post-war reconstruction plan during talks with Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, and other senior officials.
The President said work on the economic document is ongoing and that Ukraine fully agrees with the American side.
Meanwhile, Axios has learned details of Ukraine's response to Trump's peace plan.
