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Steve Witkoff said Russia was “fully committed” to peace in Ukraine one week before the country bombed Kyiv for 10 hours. Gavriil Grigorov\/via Reuters <\/p>\nRussia doesn\u2019t seem to agree with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff\u2019s assessment that the country is \u201cfully committed\u201d to achieving peace with Ukraine. <\/p>\n
Russian forces bombed Kyiv on Saturday morning, killing one person and injuring dozens more, less than one week after Witkoff boasted of Russia\u2019s so-called \u201ccommitment\u201d on social media. <\/p>\n
Steve Witkoff said Russia was “fully committed” to peace in Ukraine one week before the country bombed Kyiv for 10 hours. Gavriil Grigorov\/via Reuters <\/p>\n
\u201cRussia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine. Russia highly values the efforts and support of the United States to resolve the Ukrainian conflict and re-establish global security,\u201d Witkoff wrote<\/a> on Dec. 21. <\/p>\n On Dec. 27, the Russian Defense Ministry bragged that it carried out a \u201cmassive strike\u201d on Ukraine, saying it used \u201clong-range precision-guided weapons from land, air, and sea, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles\u201d to attack \u201cUkrainian military-industrial complex enterprises.\u201d<\/p>\n The 10-hour bombardment comes one day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, 47, is set to meet with Donald Trump,79, in Florida to discuss his peace proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war. <\/p>\n Zelensky said the attack typified Russia\u2019s attitude toward peace.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere is the Russian response to the proposals to end the war, which were made by the United States and the world?\u201d he said on Telegram, adding, \u201cRussian representatives hold long talks. In reality, the \u2018Kinzhal\u2019 and \u2018Shaheds\u2019 speak for them.\u201d \u201cKinzhal\u201d and \u201cShahed\u201d are the missiles and drones used in the attack. <\/p>\n The attack ramps up the pressure on Sunday\u2019s meeting. President Trump has seemingly grown tired of the ongoing war, but has blamed the drawn-out nature of the conflict on Ukraine<\/a> and its allies in Europe, rather than Russia. <\/p>\n Zelensky said that during the meeting, he hopes to convince the United States to pressure Russia to end the war. He also signaled that he is willing to compromise to achieve peace.<\/p>\n \u201cRussia is constantly looking for reasons not to agree [to a peace deal],\u201d he said. \u201cThe answer is very simple: If Ukraine demonstrates its position and it is constructive, while Russia, for example, does not agree, then it means the pressure is insufficient. And this is also something I want to discuss with the president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n At the center of the talks are Zelensky\u2019s revisions of two peace plans proposed by the United States and Europe. The first U.S. peace plan, originally pitched in November and drafted by Witkoff<\/a>, was based on a Russian peace plan. Europe balked, saying it was overly generous to Russia, and responded with its own version of a deal. <\/p>\n![\"WASHINGTON,](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/US7A42YQIRHDDCG6G7JSZN4M2U.jpg\")
Zelensky, pictured here talking with Trump in February, is having another meeting with Trump on Sunday to discuss his peace proposal. Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images <\/p>\n![\"WARSAW,](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/OGBUYCTWDRENLBJGMAZODG3OJI.jpg\")
Zelensky is willing to compromise on some points to solidify a peace deal. Artur Widak\/Getty Images <\/p>\n
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Russia under Putin has not shown any willingness to compromise in peace negotiations. Anadolu via Getty Images <\/p>\n