European and Ukrainian revisions fail to advance peace talks, Kremlin says
Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov underlined that the proposed changes weaken prospects for ending the war and confirmed no plans for talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the US.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide said on Sunday that European and Ukrainian revisions to US peace proposals had not increased the prospects for ending the war in Ukraine, according to Interfax.
“This is not a forecast,” Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters.
“I am sure that the proposals that the Europeans and Ukrainians have made or are trying to make definitely do not improve the document and do not improve the possibility of achieving long-term peace.”
European and Ukrainian negotiators have been discussing amendments to a US-backed framework aimed at ending the nearly four-year conflict, although the precise changes remain unclear.
US negotiators met Russian officials in Florida on Saturday.
No three-way talks
Separately, Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev said talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, were constructive and would continue on Sunday.
The Kremlin also dismissed the prospect of three-way talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the United States.
“At present, no one has seriously discussed this initiative, and to my knowledge, it is not in preparation,” Ushakov said, according to Russian news agencies.