Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) speaks at a gala reception in his honor at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, December 5, 2025. ALEXANDER KAZAKOV / AP
Another failure? The latest round of peace talks on Ukraine has dragged on with no resolution in sight. After three days of discussions with Ukrainian representatives in Miami, US diplomats admitted on Friday, December 5 that any "real progress toward any agreement depends on Russia's readiness to show serious commitment to long-term peace."
Yet Moscow showed no such sign of compromise. On the contrary, the Russian-American talks held in Moscow on Wednesday ended abruptly, even though the proposed agreement strongly favored Russia. The bill reprised the original 28-point plan crafted by Moscow and Washington, now reduced to 27 points. "No compromise plan has yet been found," Yuri Ushakov, diplomatic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced after five hours of talks.
Convinced he was in a position of strength, Putin even kept US President Donald Trump's emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner waiting for three hours at the Kremlin before presenting them with the "peace plan." Meanwhile, he addressed a room full of bankers and industrialists elsewhere in the capital, declaring that the country had sufficient resources to continue the war. Pleased to see Europe excluded and the Americans aligned with his perspective, Putin intends to see his plan through to the end.
