Wednesday, November 26, 2025 10:43:00 AM

Russia says it has no intention of abandoning its objectives in its war against Ukraine and calls President Donald Trump’s talk of a swift deal “premature.”

Moscow says it will not make concessions during its invasion of Ukraine and will not give up the goals it set when it launched the offensive. The Kremlin considers Trump’s suggestion that a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow could come soon to be premature.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian state media that hopes for a quick peace in Ukraine are unfounded.

“Wait, it’s too early to say that,” he said when asked to comment on the U.S. president’s remarks about the possibility of a deal in the near future.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow welcomes efforts by the U.S. administration to seek solutions within a peace plan, but it will not make concessions and will not abandon its initial objectives in Ukraine.

He complained about “a series of anti-Russian attacks” that he said have been observed since Trump and Putin met in Alaska in August of this year.

The U.S.-proposed plan initially contained 28 points, but it underwent significant changes after talks between Ukrainian and American delegations in Geneva, according to media reports. Journalists learned that Kyiv refused to hand over the non-occupied part of Donbas to Russia and also rejected a proposal to reduce Ukraine’s armed forces to 600,000 personnel.

Media sources say it’s too early to discuss a final version, and work on the proposal is ongoing. A day earlier, Ukraine’s Presidential Office said President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to meet Trump to discuss key elements of the plan. The White House, for its part, said a meeting between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents is not currently planned, but that could change quickly.

Trump said he intends to meet with Zelensky and Putin only once the plan is ready or in its final stage.

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