MOSCOW, December 3. /TASS/. A peace agreement on Ukraine is now closer than before, but the steps that have been taken aren’t sufficient to achieve the result that will suit all, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, commenting on a five-hour-long meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff.
Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov pointed out that Putin had sent a number of important political messages to US President Trump through Witkoff. However, in Ushakov’s words, the parties have not yet reached a compromise on a peace plan for Ukraine. They agreed not to disclose the essence of the Moscow talks.
TASS has gathered the key points from comments on the meeting.
Rubio stated that while in Moscow, US officials had sought to find a way to settle the conflict in Ukraine, with the 20% of the Donetsk People’s Republic’s territory that Kiev still controls being the main point of contention.
The secretary of state noted that the US administration did not see continued support for Kiev as a realistic strategy.
