Ukraine agrees to peace talks, with only “minor details” to settle, official says, but no word from Russia

A senior US official told CBB News on Tuesday that the Ukrainian government “accepted the peace deal” brokered by Trump to stop the age-old assault on Russia. American security expert and Ukraine’s National Security Umerov said that a general understanding of the proposal has been reached, the details are yet to be implemented.

Umerov expressed hope that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could travel to Washington before the end of November to finalize the agreement. CBS News First to report on Sunday That Ukrainian and Ukrainian officials had discussed earlier this week with us about Zelenskyy.

“The Ukrainians have agreed to make peace,” US officials told CBS News. “There are small details to be worked out but they have agreed to a peace agreement.”

This news came as US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said he was in Abu Dhabi to meet with Russian officials, two US officials and two political sources who were not authorized to speak publicly about the CBB news. A fifth source with knowledge of the talks also confirmed Driscoll’s presence in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

There was no immediate reaction from Russia, the invading force, it was agreed in Abu Dhabi.

Speaking at a press conference early Tuesday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters that while Russia “takes a plan to renew by resolving the results of consultations with Ukraine and Europe in the near future.”

A US military official in Abu Dhabi told CBS News Driscoll spent hours on Tuesday negotiating with Russian officials, going in and out of meetings throughout the day.

“We are very optimistic,” the official said. “Secretary Driscoll is hopeful. Hopefully, we’ll get a response from the Russians soon. This is fast.”

It is not clear who else is in the US position in Abu Dhabi. A senior US official told CBB News on Tuesday that the transfer of power to Ukraine was and is in connection with Driscoll and his group.

Umerov said in a social media post on Tuesday that the negotiators “reached a common understanding on the main terms” of the agreement discussed between us, Europe and Ukraine in Geneva over the weekend.

Visible progress in Abu Dhabi is coming enhanced pressure It’s President Trump defending a ceasefire in the near-conflict Russia-Ukraine war.

“Now we are asked for the support of our European partners in our further steps. We look forward to organizing the visit of the President of Ukraine to the US atrate astered,” said Merov in a post on Tuesday on X.

An informed source told CBS news that the DRSOLL work in Abu Dhabi was excluded from the revised version of the White House’s 28-Point proposal, following productive talks in Geneva.

In the past weekend, Driscoll, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Mr. Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff, son-in-law of the president Jared Kushner and diplomats from Ukraine and European Allies attended lectures in Geneva, Switzerland. Driscoll’s meeting with Russian officials also follows a visit the capital of Ukraine last week.

Ukrainian officials in the US were interviewed earlier in the US this week by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, CBB News is reported per week.

Last week, Found CBS news draft of one proposal to feed back the war food. The proposed plan includes several provisions rejected by Zelenskyy in the past, such as the requirement that Ukraine surrender its entire Donetsk region – including the parts not retained by Russia – and an end to the country’s pressure to join NATO.

There is also Accompanying document Related to security guarantees, according to US and Ukrainian officials. Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, said she “faced the nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sunday Document It clarifies that the US intends to offer “confirmation of assurances” that it says it exists along the lines of Article 5 of the NATO treaty, which states that the members will defend the status of NATO attacked.

On Saturday, a group of NATO members and other US Allies A joint statement was issued Calling the proposed peace plan “a foundation that will require more work.”

The white house said a statement on Sunday night That US and Ukrainian officials were “deciding on a renewed and refined peace framework” following talks in Geneva. described one session in Geneva ‘It makes a lot of sense’ but added that “there is some work left to do, and that is what our teams will do now.”

Mr Trump pressed Zelenskyy to reach an agreement Thank youbut Rubio explained that the deadline is flexible on Sunday.

American officer he told CBS news That Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to believe that he will take the Donetsk region from Ukraine one way or another – either through a negotiated settlement or on the battlefield. The Trump Administration’s talks in Geneva started from the premise that Putin is right.

While that same US official refused to provide a US test to check that Ukraine is losing the war in the East, the US official said that the trail points to Russia taking Russetsk. This official indicated that the Russian advance in the city of the Eastern Frontline of Pokrovsk, which is a Ukrainian logistics center, was not a good sign for the defense of Kyiv. Russian media often refer to Pokrovsk as the “Gateway” to the Ukrainian Donbas region.