US Official Confirms: Ukrainian Delegation Agreed to Peace Plan

Despite anticipation for the completion of talks between Kyiv and Washington, a US official confirmed that Ukraine has agreed to the terms of a potential peace agreement.

The official told ABC News today, Tuesday, that the Ukrainians have agreed to the "revised draft of the peace plan."

However, he clarified that "there are some minor details that need to be settled."

"Tangible results achieved"

For his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed cautious optimism. He stated that his country sees "many prospects" for peace following the US-Ukrainian talks that took place in Geneva last Sunday. Zelensky wrote in a post on X after a phone call with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that Kyiv sees "many prospects that could make the path to peace real."

He also clarified that "tangible results have been achieved, but there is still much work to be done."

For his part, Starmer confirmed that the Geneva talks made progress between the US and Ukraine towards a revised plan. He noted in a speech before the public council today that the initial draft of the plan included unacceptable points, despite some critical elements, such as security guarantees from the United States and its partners.

He emphasized that Britain is clear about the fundamental principles, namely the necessity of maintaining Ukraine's sovereignty and its ability to defend itself in the future.

Lavrov hints at rejection

In contrast, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that his country has not received the revised plan, but hinted at the possibility of rejecting it if it does not respect the spirit of the US-Russian talks that took place last August in Alaska. He said, "If what was agreed upon during the Alaska summit is ignored, the situation will be completely different," hinting at a rejection.

An informed source revealed that the updated agreement does not include a cap on the Ukrainian army (the first version stipulated reducing the army to 600,000). He indicated that the clause regarding "amnesty for crimes committed during the Russian-Ukrainian war will not be included in the new version of the peace proposal."

It is worth noting that the first version of the US plan stipulated that Kyiv would abandon the Crimean Peninsula and the Donbas region (eastern Ukraine), with Kherson and Zaporizhia (in the south) being demilitarized.

It also included the Ukrainian side's abandonment of the dream of joining NATO, reducing the number of armed forces, and not deploying any international forces on Ukrainian territory, which are demands that the Russian side has long insisted upon. It called for holding general elections in Ukraine within 100 days of the cessation of hostilities.

Zelensky is expected to visit the United States in the coming days to finalize the plan, according to what was announced by the Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov.