The Russian government considered this Sunday that the changes made by Ukraine and its European allies to the 20-point plan proposed by the United States to end the conflict “do not improve” the prospects for “lasting peace.”
“I am sure that the proposals that the Europeans and the Ukrainians have put forward or are trying to put forward definitely do not improve the document or increase the chances of a lasting peace,” Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov told the Interfax news agency.
This adviser to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, made these statements, although he admitted that he had not yet seen the written proposals, after the meeting of Moscow’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev with the American delegation in Miami.
Dmitriev, who also serves as head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, suggested this Monday that the next meeting with Washington should take place in Moscow.
“Thanks, Miami. Next time: Moscow,” he wrote on his social network account
US special envoy Steve Witkoff, who called the meetings “productive and constructive”, assured on the same platform that “Russia remains fully committed to peace in Ukraine” after a meeting also attended by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and White House envoy Josh Gruenbaum.
Washington officials also met with a Ukrainian delegation – which includes Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov and Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andri Hnatov – as well as a number of “key European national security advisers” to “align a common strategic approach between Ukraine, the United States and Europe,” Witkoff emphasized.
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