Russia says talks on US peace plan for Ukraine ‘are proceeding constructively’

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Russia says talks on US peace plan for Ukraine ‘are proceeding constructively’

Russian Presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, left, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, center, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, foreground right, and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev, behind Witkoff, arrive to attend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 2, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

2025-12-21T07:55:31Z

                                       

A Kremlin envoy says peace talks on a         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-berlin-talks-zelenskyy-5b99faff949ee1ba6212433be2d54b88">U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were pressing on “constructively” in Florida.

The talks are part of the Trump administration’s monthslong push for peace that also included meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin earlier this week.

“The discussions are proceeding constructively. They began earlier and will continue today, and will also continue tomorrow,”         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/kirill-dmitriev-russia-ukraine-war-peace-plan-346fbe114fd50e6a5043631e364cfe55">Kirill Dmitriev told reporters in Miami on Saturday.

Dmitriev met with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported.

Ukrainian President         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/hub/volodymyr-zelenskyy">Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that much will depend on the U.S. posture after discussions with the Russians. This came a day after Ukraine’s chief negotiator said his delegation had completed separate meetings in the United States with American and European partners.

   
       
   

Trump has unleashed an extensive         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-berlin-talks-zelenskyy-5b99faff949ee1ba6212433be2d54b88">diplomatic push to end the war, but his efforts have run into sharply         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-putin-zelenskyy-trump-253ff2eb24b2dbd1b1b9d8a2ab20e913">conflicting demands by Moscow and Kyiv. Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently signaled         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-press-conference-ukraine-39fd3f2670227545a6f9e684038ed59d">he is digging in on his maximalist demands on Ukraine, as Moscow’s troops inch forward on the battlefield despite huge losses.

   
       




   

On Friday, Putin         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-putin-press-conference-ukraine-39fd3f2670227545a6f9e684038ed59d">expressed confidence that the Kremlin would achieve its military goals if Kyiv didn’t agree to Russia’s conditions in peace talks.

   
   
       
           
               
   
   


   
   

       
   

           
       
   
   

        data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-summit-ukraine-funds-assets-russia-loan-abc7b025112dba1f074755e454c29681">European Union leaders agreed on Friday to provide 90 billion euros ($106 billion) to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years, although they failed to bridge differences with Belgium that would have allowed them to         data-gtm-enhancement-style="LinkEnhancementA" href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-russian-frozen-assets-ukraine-loan-summit-92380313985bc145ac72264a7d5106eb">use frozen Russian assets to raise the funds. Instead, they were borrowed from capital markets.

                                   
                               
                           

                           
                   
                   
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