Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks throughout a gathering with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders amid negotiations to finish the Russian conflict in Ukraine, on the White Home in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 18, 2025.
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Ukraine has reportedly agreed to the framework of a peace deal brokered by the U.S. in what might be a big first step towards bringing the just about four-year conflict to an finish.
Ukraine reportedly agreed to an amended peace deal throughout talks that U.S. officers held with a Ukrainian delegation in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. A Russian delegation was additionally within the UAE capital though it is unsure whether or not joint talks have been held.
Reviews of an settlement emerged when an unnamed U.S. official instructed ABC Information that “minor particulars” nonetheless should be resolved however that “the Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal.”
“There are some minor particulars to be sorted out however they’ve agreed to a peace deal,” the U.S. official instructed the information outlet.
A Ukrainian official instructed Reuters that Ukraine helps the “essence” of a peace deal framework following talks in Geneva final weekend. The official, who was not named, added that the “most delicate points” of the framework can be mentioned by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine has publicly commented on the deal nonetheless, and CNBC was unable to verify the ABC Information and Reuters studies.
It is unsure whether or not Moscow will comply with any amended deal.
The Kremlin was tight-lipped in regards to the discussions going down in Abu Dhabi with Putin’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov telling reporters “we nonetheless don’t have anything to say” and that the Kremlin was “monitoring media studies.”
“We perceive that negotiations between the People and the Ukrainians are ongoing. We perceive that some changes are being made to the textual content that was printed; we perceive that the textual content that we unofficially acquired earlier has already undergone modifications, however in some unspecified time in the future, the time will most likely come after we may also set up contacts with the People and we’ll formally obtain some data. For now, we now have no new data.”
Amended plans
Ukraine has come underneath sustained strain within the final week to comply with a peace plan with Russia after it emerged final week that the U.S. and Moscow had held secret talks and had devised a 28-point peace plan which largely favored Moscow’s calls for.
The plan, which Ukraine had not participated in, included controversial phrases, together with that Ukraine make territorial concessions by handing over the japanese Donbas area that is partially occupied by Russian forces. The unique deal additionally demanded that Ukraine cut back its military by 50%, in addition to different proposals that crossed Ukraine’s “crimson traces.”
Whereas media studies in regards to the “peace plan” have been initially met with a grim silence by Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and his European allies, some analysts stated it amounted to a capitulation to Russia’s maximalist territorial calls for.
In the meantime, Trump issued an ultimatum to Kyiv to reply to the plan by Thursday and Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled his approval of the plan, saying it shaped the “foundation of a closing peace settlement.”
Breaking his silence on the proposals final Friday, Zelenskyy stated Ukraine was dealing with one of the vital tough moments in its historical past and was basically dealing with a selection between “dropping its dignity or dropping a key accomplice,” referring to the U.S.