Washington awoke this morning to a flurry of developments on Ukraine.
It was the midnight in DC when a tweet dropped from Ukraine’s nationwide safety advisor, Rustem Umerov.
He stated that the US and Ukraine had reached a “common understanding on the core terms of the agreement discussed in Geneva.”
He added that Volodymyr Zelenskyy would journey to America “at the earliest suitable date in November to complete final steps and make a deal with President Trump”.
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By dawn in Washington, a US official was utilizing comparable however not equivalent language to border progress.
The official, talking anonymously to US media, stated that Ukraine had “agreed” to Trump’s peace proposal “with some minor details to be worked out”.
In parallel, it is emerged that talks have been happening in Abu Dhabi. The People declare to have met each Russian and Ukrainian officers there, although the Russians haven’t confirmed attendance.
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“I have nothing to say. We are following the media reports,” Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, instructed Russian state media.
Trump is because of journey to his Florida resort Mar-a-Lago tonight, the place he’ll stay till Sunday.
He set a deadline of Thursday – Thanksgiving – for some form of settlement on his plan.
We all know the plan has been modified from its unique type, however it’s clear that Zelenskyy desires to be seen to conform to one thing shortly – that may go down properly with President Trump.
My sense is that Zelenskyy will attempt to get to Mar-a-Lago as quickly as he can. Earlier than Thursday can be a push however would meet Trump’s deadline.
It’ll then be left for the Russians to state their place on the revised doc.
All indications are that they are going to reject it. However possibly the key Abu Dhabi talks will yield one thing.
