The United States and Russia are preparing to discuss Washington's proposed peace plan for the conflict in Ukraine, reported on Sunday "New York Times", citing an anonymous official.
Washington made a proposal to Kiev last week, giving Ukraine until Thursday to accept it.
Russia received the project, but has not yet discussed it in item with the United States, reported president Vladimir Putin.
The Kiev delegation met on Sunday in Geneva in talks with key European NATO allies, and the US squad gathering was scheduled for later, confirmed Vladimir Zelenski's chief advisor, Andrei Jermak.
The plans for separate negotiations with Russia on the peace plan are ‘in progress’informed ‘Times’, Quoting an American official.
If Zelenski accepted the proposal after Sunday talks, US peculiar Envoy Steve Witkoff could present a peace plan to Russian president Vladimir Putin, wrote columnist "New York Times" David Ignatius, citing anonymous officials.
The Kremlin has confirmed that it is in contact with Washington and is ready to welcome Witkoff at any time.
Moscow did not receive any fresh modifications or updates to the American peace plan, reported Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Pieskov on Friday.
After the Western European allies of Ukraine publically opposed the current project, the Kremlin stressed that it would not engage in ‘megaphone diplomacy’ About that.
Although the plan was not made public, many media reported that it contained clauses that Kiev and its European sponsors had previously rejected, specified as the resignation of Ukraine from its ambition to join NATO and the simplification of army numbers.
According to Pieskov, Russia's advancement on the battlefield should "put force on Zelenski and his government to bring about a peaceful solution".
“To them, continuation is pointless and dangerous” said the Kremlin spokesperson on Friday.
Until this text was written, neither Moscow nor Washington had officially commented on Trump's peace plan.
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