Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that the most “sensitive” parts of a proposed plan to end the war with Russia will be addressed in a direct conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump.
In a video message posted on X, Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine’s delegation had returned from talks in Geneva with U.S. officials and European partners. He said the negotiations produced a streamlined list of steps that could form the basis of a future peace agreement.
“After Geneva, there are fewer points — no longer 28 — and many of the right elements have been taken into account,” he said, noting that further work is needed before the document can be finalised.
Zelenskyy added that his team had shared the latest draft with him and that its more complex issues would be discussed directly with Trump.
Zelenskyy said the process of producing a final document would be difficult and Ukraine appreciated the assistance offered by other countries and the "constructive" U.S. approach.
He said it was in Russia's interests to disrupt the peace process and warned Ukrainians to pay particular attention to air raid alerts in the days and weeks to come "as we fully understand who we are dealing with".
Zelenskyy also said that if negotiations proceeded on resolving the war "there must be no missiles, no massive strikes on Ukraine and our people. This is something that those who are strong in the world can ensure."
Meanwhile U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held talks with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi on Monday (24 November), a U.S. official told Reuters, the latest effort by President Donald Trump's administration to broker a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.
The meeting comes after U.S. and Ukrainian officials sought to narrow the gaps between them over a plan to end the war in Ukraine, agreeing to modify a U.S. proposal that Kyiv and its European allies saw as a Kremlin wish list.
The U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Driscoll's talks would continue into Tuesday. It was unclear who would be in the Russian delegation.
The official added that Driscoll was also expected to meet Ukrainian officials while in Abu Dhabi.
The White House did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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