and the US reached an agreement to end the four-year war with . The two sides have agreed on the broad framework and there are still some details to be worked out.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington to finalize the deal “as soon as possible” this month, Ukrainian National Security Adviser Rustem Umerov announced. “Our delegations reached a common understanding on the basic terms of the agreement discussed in Geneva”Umerov said on social media.
We appreciate the productive and constructive meetings held in Geneva between the Ukrainian and U.S. delegations, as well as President Trump’s steadfast efforts to end the war.
Our delegations reached a common understanding on the core terms of the agreement discussed in…
— Rustem Umerov (@rustem_umerov)
The news comes as talks between officials from Ukraine and Russia are in full swing in Abu Dhabi. On the other hand, Moscow seems to express its objections to the submitted plan.
stated a Kremlin official, stressing that he does not yet have the official text in his hands.
The talks in the wake of the strikes
The talks in Abu Dhabi come as Kiev and Moscow this morning announced “massive” enemy airstrikes on their territories, killing at least three in Russia’s Rostov region and at least six on the Ukrainian side, where the energy sector and capital were once again targeted.
Specifically, in the early hours of Tuesday (11/25), Ukraine struck and probably destroyed with drones the Russian Beriev A-60 aircraft, an experimental aircraft with sophisticated laser weapons, based on the Il-76 military transport aircraft, in Taganrog.
More specifically, according to Exilenova+ videos and eyewitness photos, the targets of the Ukrainian attack were the GM Beriev Aviation Scientific and Technical Facility and the Taganrog-South airbase, which serves as the company’s main test base.
The Beriev Aviation plant specializes in the development, mass production, modernization and repair of amphibious aircraft and special-purpose aircraft complexes, including the A-50 early warning and control aircraft.
The plant also carries out major repairs to Russian naval aviation aircraft and modernizes Tu-95MSM strategic bombers and missile carriers. The business is part of JSC United Aircraft Corporation of the Russian state company Rostec.
Where the discussions are focused
Regarding the talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov neither confirmed nor denied the holding of these meetings. “I have nothing to tell you. We are following the media information,” he told state media reporters.
According mainly to the American television network ABC News and the British newspaper Financial Times, the American Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll is leading the American delegation.
The Financial Times also claims, citing sources close to the discussions,
At the same time, the countries of the “Coalition of the Willing”, in which Ukraine’s allies participate, are going to repeat the talks on the American plan today via video conference.
According to the Financial Times and the ABC network, talks are now focused on the 19-point plan.
Zelensky’s trip to the USA
All this while negotiating with Donald Trump on the American plan.
“We look forward to organizing the visit of the President of Ukraine to the US as soon as possible in November to finalize the remaining stages and reach an agreement with President Trump,” Ukrainian Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov noted in a post on X.
Meanwhile, an EU official said today that EU foreign ministers will hold a video conference on Ukraine tomorrow, Wednesday. The official asked not to be named as the meeting has not yet been officially announced.
The role of US-Russian business in the negotiations
At the same time, as he analyzes how Russia is trying to form a strong incentive for Donald Trump to remain committed to the process. The involvement of the American president in international initiatives, after all, has often been combined with commercial plans.
It is recalled that before the truce in Gaza he had described his vision of turning the region into a “Mediterranean Riviera”, while during his approach with Kim Jong Un he spoke of North Korea’s “wonderful beaches” and the potential for the development of residential complexes.
In the emerging peace framework, such a business dimension appears, according to former CIA Central Eurasia chief Rob Denenberg, to be a calculated attempt by Vladimir Putin and his associates to appeal to Trump’s business instincts. “I don’t think Putin is interested in a meaningful way in trade deals with the US,” he noted. “They interest him as much as they interest his negotiating partner, Donald Trump.”
The original draft that included those business projections may eventually change as American, Ukrainian and European diplomats negotiate a new version. Europeans are particularly opposed to the use of frozen Russian assets to finance the proposed investment fund, arguing that the funds should be directed to Ukraine.
