Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks throughout a gathering with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders amid negotiations to finish the Russian struggle 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 could possibly be a major first step towards bringing the virtually four-year struggle 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 had been held.
Studies of an settlement emerged when an unnamed U.S. official informed 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 informed the information outlet.
A Ukrainian official informed 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 could 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 substantiate the ABC Information and Reuters experiences.
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 experiences.”
“We perceive that negotiations between the Individuals and the Ukrainians are ongoing. We perceive that some changes are being made to the textual content that was revealed; we perceive that the textual content that we unofficially obtained earlier has already undergone adjustments, however sooner or later, the time will most likely come after we can even set up contacts with the Individuals and we’ll formally obtain some info. For now, we’ve got no new info.”
Amended plans
Ukraine has come below sustained stress 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 jap 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 experiences in regards to the “peace plan” had been initially met with a grim silence by Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and his European allies, some analysts mentioned 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 ultimate peace settlement.”
Breaking his silence on the proposals final Friday, Zelenskyy mentioned Ukraine was going through one of the tough moments in its historical past and was basically going through a alternative between “shedding its dignity or shedding a key associate,” referring to the U.S.
