ice President JD Vance says negotiating an end to Russia's war against Ukraine has proven more difficult than resolving Middle East conflicts, marking it as his greatest disappointment after one year in office
Ukrainian readiness to accept NATO membership delays has grown significantly since 2023, but support for EU integration remains steadfast at 51%, new polling reveals amid intensifying diplomatic activity around potential peace talks.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to travel directly from their Moscow talks with Vladimir Putin to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a European country, Axios journalist Barak Ravid reports.
The US-backed peace plan for Ukraine has been revised to 20 points following consultations in Geneva and Florida, President Zelenskyy confirmed during his Ireland visit, adding that "some things still need to be worked out."
US negotiators are exploring what sources call a "creative solution" to Russia's demand that Ukraine renounce NATO membership: Moscow would receive assurances directly from NATO member states or bilaterally from Washington, according to the report
The most critical question from Ukraine's perspective—what security guarantees the West will provide—remained unanswered after four hours of negotiations between US and Ukrainian officials in Florida on 30 November, Wall Street Journal reports.
Territories and security guarantees topped the agenda as Ukrainian and American delegations met in Florida on 30 Nov., building on last week's Geneva talks that both sides called productive.
Russia wrote the peace plan. Trump's envoy coached the Kremlin. And nobody in charge understands what they're negotiating. Stephen Blank on a foreign policy process in freefall.
Ukraine and the United States have found common ground on most elements of Washington's proposed peace plan, but three critical issues—territorial concessions, military size limitations, and NATO membership—continue to divide the negotiating parties, CNN reports, citing a Ukrainian source directly involved in the talks.