US President Donald Trump has claimed that Russia has agreed to a "peace plan", while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not even read it.

Source: Trump speaking to the press at an event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on the evening of 7 December, broadcast by the White House

Details: When asked what the next step will be in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, Trump said he was "a little bit disappointed" in Zelenskyy.

Quote: "We've been speaking to President Putin and we've been speaking to Ukrainian leaders, including Zelenskyy, President Zelenskyy. And I have to say that I'm a little bit disappointed that President Zelenskyy hasn't yet read the proposal. That was as of a few hours ago. His people love it, but he hasn't. [N.B. Ukrainska Pravda does not recognise Putin as president – ed.]

Russia's fine with it. Russia, I guess, would rather have the whole country when you think of it. But, Russia is, I believe, fine with it [the "peace plan"], but, I'm not sure that Zelenskyy's fine with it. His people love it, but he hasn't read it."

Background:

• Information about a new US "peace plan" intended to settle Russia's war against Ukraine appeared in several US media outlets on 19 November.
• These reports stated that the plan envisaged handing over the whole of Donbas to Russia. It also required Ukraine to limit its weapons arsenal, cut its army in half and accept Russian as a second state language.
• On 21 November, media outlets published the text of the 28-point "peace plan", according to which Ukraine would have to renounce its territories permanently while Russia would receive amnesty.
• On 23 November, the United Kingdom, Germany and France prepared counterproposals to the US 28-point draft "peace plan", aimed at making it more favourable for Ukraine.
• On the same day, negotiations took place in Geneva between Ukrainian and US delegations, after which news emerged of an updated peace document.
• The Financial Times reported that following the talks in Geneva, Trump's team introduced changes to the original version of the "peace plan", reducing the number of points to 19.

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