Russia, Ukraine Near Reaching Peace Deal, Says Trump
Trump revealed he will meet with Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky on Thursday—the same day American negotiators are scheduled for discussions in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Since Trump returned to the White House last year, Washington has spearheaded diplomatic efforts to broker peace between the warring nations. American officials have conducted multiple negotiating sessions with both Russian and Ukrainian representatives, though no decisive breakthrough has emerged. Despite this, all parties have characterized the discussions as "constructive" and indicated incremental advancement.
When a journalist questioned him about negotiation progress, Trump offered a cautiously optimistic assessment.
"I think I can say that we're reasonably close," Trump said. "I believe they [Russia and Ukraine] are at a point now where they can come together and get a deal done."
Trump declined to reveal specific terms of any prospective settlement, acknowledging that achieving consensus demands maintaining a "difficult balance." He explained that negotiations have experienced fluctuating momentum, with one nation appearing "set" and prepared to finalize terms while the opposing side rejected those conditions as unacceptable—a dynamic that has repeatedly reversed.
American mediation accelerated significantly in late 2024. Media reports in November disclosed Trump's initial peace framework, which proposed Kiev surrendering territory to Moscow and abandoning NATO membership ambitions, among other stipulations. By December, Ukraine and its European allies submitted a counter-proposal that substantially altered the original American draft—a revision Russia immediately dismissed as a non-starter. Nevertheless, Moscow maintained it remained "fully ready" to end hostilities provided its fundamental security demands are met.
On Tuesday, US special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Putin's envoy, Kirill Dmitriev—a session both diplomats lauded as constructive.
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