THE LATEST | CANADACBS: A U.S. official told CBS News on Tuesday that Ukraine’s government had “agreed to a peace deal” brokered by the Trump administration to stop Russia’s nearly four-year assault.
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“The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal,” the U.S. official told CBS News. “There are some minor details to be sorted out but they have agreed to a peace deal…
Washington Post: President Donald Trump declared optimism on Tuesday that negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine were making progress, saying there were “only a few remaining points of disagreement” after a week of breakneck talks, but he said he would meet with the leaders of the warring countries only once they were in the final phases of a deal…
New York Times: But the price of the changes, made during a series of meetings over 11 hours in Geneva led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, is clear. Mr. Putin, some Trump administration officials predict, is likely to dismiss the new draft out of hand, which would lead to a long and drawn-out negotiation — just what Mr. Trump was trying to short-circuit…
Axios: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to meet President Trump “as soon as possible” — possibly over Thanksgiving — to finalize a joint U.S.-Ukrainian agreement on the terms for ending the war, Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak told Axios…
NBC: The United States is holding meetings with a Russian delegation in Abu Dhabi, two U.S. officials told NBC News, as the Trump administration said only “a few delicate, but not insurmountable, details” remained to secure a deal to end the Kremlin’s war with Ukraine…
Bloomberg: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plan to Trump, including setting up a call before Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s White House visit and using the Gaza agreement as a way in…
Mediate: Bloomberg News stunned the political world on Tuesday by releasing the leaked transcript of a call between Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian foreign-policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, which took place on Oct. 14.
The transcript shows Witkoff coaching his Russian counterpart on how to flatter President Donald Trump in order for him to be more amenable to Russia’s wants in the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine…
Politico: “The ultimate goal is peace. That’s the most important thing that can be achieved here. Stop the fighting, stop the killing. Those are the main things he wants out of this,” said a senior White House official, granted anonymity to discuss ongoing peace negotiations.
Trump would sign on to a deal that stops “the war, and whatever agreement that both sides can agree on as quickly as possible,” the official added.
Trump’s overriding desire to stop the bloodshed helps explain why the details of the plan remain fluid…
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