{"id":35058,"date":"2025-11-23T14:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T14:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/we-are-almost-there-on-settlement-of-ukraine-conflict-trump-envoy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T14:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T14:53:27","slug":"we-are-almost-there-on-settlement-of-ukraine-conflict-trump-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/we-are-almost-there-on-settlement-of-ukraine-conflict-trump-envoy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe are almost there\u201d on settlement of Ukraine conflict \u2013 Trump envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington\u2019s proposed peace plan will yield an end to the hostilities, Keith Kellogg has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Washington is \u201cvery close\u201d<\/em> to helping broker an end to the conflict in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump\u2019s envoy Keith Kellogg said in an interview with Fox News on Saturday, adding that Trump is determined to bring it to a close.<\/p>\n

Washington presented Kiev last week with a new proposal for ending the conflict with Moscow, and urged Ukrainian officials to respond by Thursday. The proposed 28-point plan reportedly includes multiple clauses repeatedly refused by Kiev and its Western European backers, such as Ukraine giving up on its NATO aspirations, a withdraw from parts of Donbass still under Kiev\u2019s control, and limiting the size of its armed forces.<\/p>\n

US talks on the proposed peace plan began Sunday in Geneva with Ukrainian and Western European officials. A Russian delegation is not expected to take part, but consultations with American counterparts should be expected \u201cvery soon,\u201d<\/em> according to Reuters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the military, we always say the last 10 meters to an objective are always the hardest to get to. We\u2019re at the last two meters, we\u2019re almost there\u201d<\/em> the envoy said.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, Ukraine\u2019s UN mission rejected several key clauses reportedly included in the plan. Deputy Permanent Representative Kristina Gayovishin said Kiev would \u201cnever recognize\u201d<\/em> any formerly Ukrainian territory as part of Russia.<\/p>\n

Kellogg described Ukraine\u2019s public position, including its refusal to acknowledge territorial losses, as \u201cposturing.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u201cI hear what she is saying,\u201d<\/em> he said of Gayovishin, \u201cbut it\u2019s part of their posture, and they need to make a smart decision.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the US plan is a revised version of a proposal drafted after his meeting with President Trump in Alaska. He added that Moscow has received the text but has not yet discussed it \u201cin detail.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The US submitted the plan as Zelensky\u2019s legitimacy at home has been significantly undermined by a corruption scandal that involved his inner circle, while Ukrainian forces at the front have faced a series of setbacks.<\/p>\n

President Trump said on Saturday that Zelensky can \u201ccontinue to fight his little heart out\u201d<\/em> should he refuse the proposed peace plan to settle the conflict.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington\u2019s proposed peace plan will yield an end to the hostilities, Keith Kellogg has said Washington is \u201cvery close\u201d to helping broker an end to the conflict in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump\u2019s envoy Keith Kellogg said in an interview with Fox News on Saturday, adding that Trump is determined to bring it to a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-25 19:13:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}