{"id":646676,"date":"2025-12-21T17:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/646676\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T17:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:30:24","slug":"european-involvement-in-us-led-talks-damaging-chances-of-peace-in-ukraine-says-russia-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/646676\/","title":{"rendered":"European involvement in US-led talks damaging chances of peace in Ukraine, says Russia \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kremlin said the involvement of Kyiv and other European capitals in US-led negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war<\/a> was damaging prospects for peace, but welcomed the growing possibility of talks between Russian<\/a> president Vladimir Putin<\/a> and French<\/a> counterpart Emmanuel Macron<\/a>.<\/p>\n

US<\/a> and Russian envoys held talks in Miami over the weekend about a potential peace plan that was leaked last month, when it prompted intense efforts by Ukraine and its European allies to rework proposals that they saw as heavily weighted in Moscow\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy<\/a> and European leaders say they are now more comfortable with the draft proposals, but Russia has warned that it will reject any changes to key parts of the original document \u2013 casting doubt on chances for a swift diplomatic resolution to the biggest conflict in Europe since the second World War.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am sure that the proposals that the Europeans and Ukrainians have made, or are trying to make, definitely do not improve the document and do not improve the possibility of achieving long-term peace,\u201d senior Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"RussianRussian president Vladimir Putin (right) and Russian presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov. Photograph: Alexander Kazakov\/Sputnik\/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP <\/p>\n

He said the Kremlin wanted \u201cthe Americans and everyone else to stick to the agreements reached, particularly in Anchorage, and in other negotiations as well\u201d, referring to a summit in Alaska in August between Mr Putin and US president Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neither side publicly revealed what was discussed or agreed there, but after the summit Mr Trump increased pressure on Ukraine to reach a quick and comprehensive deal with the Kremlin that involved giving Russia parts of the eastern Donetsk region that Kyiv still controls.<\/p>\n

Mr Ushakov spoke as Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev met US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner \u2013 Trump\u2019s long-time friend and son-in-law, respectively \u2013 for a second day of talks on the peace proposals in Miami, after the Americans met Ukrainian and European officials on Friday.<\/p>\n

No details were immediately released about the substance of any of the meetings, although Mr Dmitriev, a former Wall Street banker who has become a key figure in Kremlin attempts to forge strong links with the Trump administration, told Russian media that Saturday\u2019s talks were \u201cconstructive\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Mr Dmitriev was in Miami to \u201creceive information about what the Americans and Europeans have worked on. Then he will report it to [Putin].\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Peskov said Mr Putin was open to the possibility of meeting Mr Macron, after the French leader said on Friday it was time for Europe to resume talks with the Russian autocrat, to avoid being sidelined in efforts to end the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is mutual political will, then this can only be viewed positively,\u201d Mr Peskov said.<\/p>\n

In response, Mr Macron\u2019s administration said it was \u201cwelcome that the Kremlin has publicly agreed to this approach. We will decide in the coming days on the best way to proceed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Elys\u00e9e said any talks would be conducted \u201cin full transparency\u201d with Kyiv and European allies in the search for a \u201csolid and lasting peace\u201d for Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe invasion of Ukraine and president Putin\u2019s obstinacy ended any possibility of dialogue\u201d since he launched all-out war on Ukraine in 2022, the French presidency added, but \u201cas soon as the prospect of a ceasefire and peace negotiations becomes clearer, it once again becomes useful to talk to Putin.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that he remained open to any possibility of a summit with Mr Trump and Mr Putin.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Ushakov said: \u201cUntil now no one has seriously talked about this idea, and it is not being worked on, as far as I know.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kremlin said the involvement of Kyiv and other European capitals in US-led negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[32,34,2000,299,36,332,657,9041,49,333,20729],"class_list":{"0":"post-646676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-emmanuel-macron","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-france","13":"tag-russia","14":"tag-ukraine","15":"tag-ukraine-crisis","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-vladimir-putin","18":"tag-volodymyr-zelenskiy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115758749085300443","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}