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2025-12-19 09:15:24
[Trump Says Ukraine Peace Talks "On the Verge of Success," US and Russian Officials to Meet in Miami This Weekend] 1. Ahead of the meeting between US and Russian officials this weekend, US President Trump stated that he believes negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict are "on the verge of some kind of success." A White House official revealed that Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to meet with the Russian delegation in Miami this weekend to continue pushing for an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to end the conflict. 2. Previously, after US special envoys held talks with Ukrainian and European representatives in Berlin, US officials stated that approximately 90% of the issues between Russia and Ukraine had been agreed upon, with the main differences remaining focused on territorial disputes. The US has proposed providing Ukraine with security guarantees similar to NATO's Article 5 as part of a peace agreement. 3. While Russia has not directly commented on the latest developments, the Kremlin previously stated that although US-Russian relations have been severely damaged, it hopes to gradually repair relations through progress on the Ukraine issue.
