Putin's aide: Kremlin talks end without agreed Ukraine peace plan

A senior aide to the Russian president has said there is, so far, no agreed compromise peace plan to end the war in Ukraine following talks between Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin.

Speaking after the Russian-American talks, Yuri Ushakov said that some American proposals appeared “acceptable”, but stressed they would require further discussion, Caliber.Az reports via Russian media.

Asked whether the meeting had brought peace closer, he replied: “It is certainly not further away, but there is still much work to be done both in Washington and in Moscow.”

Ushakov said territorial issues had been discussed in particular, describing them as central to any resolution of the conflict from Russia’s perspective. He added that certain US ideas on this issue were viewed as potentially acceptable.

The possibility of a future meeting between President Putin and US President Donald Trump would depend on the progress made by negotiators, he said. “It will depend on how much progress we can achieve,” Ushakov noted.

According to the Kremlin official, Russia has now received four additional documents from the US, beyond the initial 27-point peace plan regarding the conflict in Ukraine. These documents were discussed during Putin’s meeting with Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and the founder of investment company Affinity Partners.

Ushakov confirmed that neither Witkoff nor Kushner planned to travel to Kyiv following the talks, and that both were now heading back to Washington.

The meeting between President Putin and Witkoff lasted for around five hours. Russian officials present included Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

The talks focused on a US-drafted peace plan that had previously been developed during consultations between Washington and Kyiv.

By Aghakazim Guliyev