Russian President Vladimir Putin has been briefed on recent contacts between Moscow and envoys of US President Donald Trump regarding American proposals for a possible peace settlement in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. Following these discussions, Russia will now formulate its official position on the proposals.
Trump, who has often said he wants to be remembered as a peacemaker, has repeatedly expressed frustration that ending the Ukraine war — the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II — has remained one of the most difficult foreign policy challenges of his presidency.
Ukraine and several European allies remain concerned that any US-brokered deal could come at Kyiv’s expense. They fear that Washington may press Ukraine into major concessions, leaving European countries to bear the long-term financial and security burden of supporting a heavily damaged nation, especially as Russian forces have continued to advance, capturing an estimated 12 to 17 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory per day in 2025.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Kirill Dmitriev, a Russian envoy, had briefed Putin on his recent trip to Miami, where he held talks with representatives of the Trump administration. However, Peskov declined to comment on Moscow’s reaction to the US proposals or on the specific format of the documents involved, saying the Kremlin would not conduct sensitive diplomacy through the media.
“All the main parameters of the Russian side’s position are well known to our colleagues from the United States,” Peskov told reporters. He added that Russia would now formalise its stance based on the information presented to the president and continue discussions through existing diplomatic channels in the near future.
Putin has stated in recent weeks that his conditions for peace include Ukraine ceding the remaining parts of the Donbas region still under Kyiv’s control and formally abandoning its aspiration to join the NATO military alliance. These demands remain among the most contentious issues in the negotiations.
When asked about the nature of the documents Dmitriev brought back from Miami, Peskov again refused to elaborate, saying it would be inappropriate to discuss such matters publicly.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian and US delegations had made incremental progress toward finalising a 20-point framework during talks held in Miami over the weekend. However, Zelenskyy made it clear that major disagreements persist.
According to him, Ukraine and the United States have not found common ground on demands that Kyiv relinquish control of parts of Donbas, nor on the future of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is currently under Russian control. These unresolved issues continue to underscore the deep divisions that complicate any potential peace agreement, even as diplomatic efforts intensify.
