Russia Agreed with Trump, Ukraine Peace is Getting Closer

JAKARTA - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said Moscow agrees with US President Donald Trump's assessment that peace in Ukraine has come closer and reached the final stage.

"Of course," Peskov said, when asked if Russia agreed with Trump that Moscow and Kyiv were closer to a peace deal and talks were at an advanced stage.

However, Peskov did not specify which version of the peace plan was currently being agreed upon.

"For now, we do not consider it necessary to provide details," he said, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, December 29.

Trump previously said on Sunday (28/12) that significant progress had been made towards ending the Russian-Ukrainian war after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Before the meeting, the US president called Russian President Vladimir Putin, and they agreed to speak again soon.

The Kremlin spokesman said Moscow could only fully assess the Trump-Zelenskyy talks after receiving information from the US.

According to him, Putin and Trump did not discuss the Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine, and the territorial issue remains the most difficult.

He added that Kiev's decision on Donbas was necessary to stop the fighting.

Peskov declined to answer a question about whether Russia still demands that Ukraine withdraw its troops from the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

He also said that Putin and Trump are expected to speak by phone in the near future, while there are no plans for contact between Putin and Zelenskyy.