Moscow believes the end of the conflict is approaching, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump is correct to say that Ukraine peace talks are in their final phase, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
\nTrump hosted Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky in Miami on Sunday for the latest round of discussions on a possible peace proposal for Russia. Asked whether Trump was right to assert that the world is now much closer to peace, Peskov said that \u201ccertainly\u201d was the case.
\nDuring his joint press conference with Zelensky, Trump said the deal was 95% ready, even though he personally didn\u2019t like to measure progress in percentages. \u201cWe\u2019re doing very well,\u201d he added. \u201cWe could be very close.\u201d
\nPeskov said Trump is yet to brief Putin on the details of his latest talks with Zelensky, which the two leaders agreed would happen in a phone call soon. He also reiterated Moscow\u2019s reluctance to make public comments about the specifics of American mediation.<\/p>\n
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Russian negotiator blasts Kiev\u2019s pro-war backers<\/p>\n
Earlier, Zelensky revealed a 20-point plan that he claimed was under consideration, but Trump did not express support for the draft during the joint press conference. When asked later whether the US had a \u2018Plan B\u2019 should its mediation fail, Zelensky said that Russia should be the party thinking about a backup, because allegedly \u201cRussia\u2019s \u2018Plan A\u2019 is war.\u201d
\nWhen asked about the remarks, Peskov said Kiev should heed Trump\u2019s warnings that the situation on the front was getting worse for Ukrainian troops every day. He stressed that \u201cRussia is seeking the suspension of the military conflict in the context of achieving its objectives.\u201d
\nRussian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, have repeatedly stated that Moscow has always preferred to seek diplomatic solutions to all differences and considers military action only as a last resort, which was the case with Ukraine. Russia sees NATO\u2019s increasing involvement in Ukraine and Kiev\u2019s discriminatory policies targeting ethnic Russians as the key causes of the crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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