Kremlin Maintains Stance Amid Reports of New U.S. Proposal on Ukraine Ceasefire

On Friday, the Kremlin announced that it had not received an official peace proposal from Washington. This statement came despite reports suggesting that Russian and U.S. officials had been working quietly on a new ceasefire plan for Ukraine. The Kremlin emphasized its commitment to the principles established during the U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska in August.

«The Russian side remains dedicated to the framework of discussions that occurred in Anchorage,» said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov to reporters. «We understand that some language may have changed, but no official communication has reached us.»

«Our knowledge is based solely on media reports. There have been some ideas proposed by the American side, but nothing concrete has been discussed to this point,» Peskov noted.

Recent reports from Western media indicated that the Trump administration had developed a 28-point proposal aimed at resolving the war in Ukraine and had presented it to Kyiv officials. Although no official document has been published, numerous news agencies, including The Associated Press and CNN, claimed they had acquired copies of the plan, which purportedly involved input from Kremlin officials as well.

According to these reports, the proposal would demand that Ukraine relinquish territory it currently holds in the Donbas region, significantly cut down the size of its military, and declare neutrality by committing to never join NATO, among other stipulations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed on Thursday his willingness to engage in «honest» discussions with both the U.S. and Europe regarding the initiative, which sources indicate was endorsed by Trump earlier in the week. Bloomberg reported that Washington has signaled to Zelensky that he should consider accepting the deal.

However, the proposed conditions are likely to encounter opposition in Ukraine, and it remains uncertain whether President Putin would agree to elements that demand concessions from Russia, such as the transfer of $100 billion in frozen Russian assets for the reconstruction and investment in Ukraine.

When asked on Friday if Moscow was ready to accept the suggested terms, Peskov refrained from answering, stating that the Kremlin did not find it productive to publicly discuss such details.

«We are fully open to dialogue and remain prepared for peace negotiations,» he stated, although he added that Russia’s military progress should «make it evident to Zelensky and his administration that reaching an agreement now would be preferable to delaying it.»

«The room he has to make independent decisions is diminishing in line with the territory lost as Russian forces continue to advance,» Peskov remarked.

The news regarding the U.S.-Russian draft plan arrives during a challenging period for Zelensky, whose government is grappling with its biggest corruption scandal since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. This comes after the country’s anti-corruption watchdog revealed a $100 million scheme in the energy sector and identified a businessman connected to the president as the alleged leader of the scheme.