Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested on Tuesday that Moscow could reject the latest U.S. proposal to end the war in Ukraine if it diverges from the terms Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed at their meeting in Alaska earlier this year.
Speaking at a press conference, Lavrov said Russia had “welcomed” the initial version of the plan put forward by Trump last week, which, among other concessions, would require Ukraine to give up territory it currently controls. But subsequent drafts have reportedly shifted in Kyiv’s favor, and Lavrov stressed that Moscow must review the newest version before committing to anything.
“If the spirit and letter of Anchorage regarding the key understandings we reached are erased, then of course it will be a fundamentally different situation,” Lavrov told reporters.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian National Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov said that Kyiv and Washington had reached a “common understanding” on a peace proposal. A Trump administration official cited by CNN and CBS News said that only “minor details” remained to be resolved.
However, Financial Times journalist Christopher Miller wrote on X that although Ukraine has agreed “in principle” to Washington’s framework, the remaining issues are far from minor. According to him, they include “the two biggest and most contentious matters: security guarantees and territory.”
Delegations from the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine are meeting in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday to discuss Washington’s proposed deal.
Update: Ukrainian Presidential Office Head Andriy Yermak told Axios on Tuesday that Zelensky wants to meet Trump “as soon as possible” to finalize the U.S.–Ukraine agreement on the peace deal framework, and that such a meeting could come as soon as Thanksgiving (November 27). However, in a post on Truth Social later in the day, Trump said that he would only meet with Zelensky and Putin “when the deal to end this war is final or is in its final stages.”