PARIS: Ukraine\u2019s president spoke optimistically Monday about the progress of revising the Trump administration\u2019s peace plan, saying \u201cit looks better\u201d and the work will continue during talks on how to end Russia\u2019s nearly four-year war.<\/p>\n
President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke after meeting with France\u2019s president, the latest in discussions aimed at brokering the terms for a potential ceasefire in the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet with US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday. Witkoff\u2019s role came under scrutiny last week following a report that he coached Putin\u2019s foreign affairs adviser on how Russia\u2019s leader should pitch to Trump on the Ukraine peace plan.<\/p>\n
Zelensky\u2019s visit to Paris followed Sunday\u2019s meeting between Ukrainian and US officials, which Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as productive. The two sides have worked to revise the proposed US-authored plan that was developed in negotiations between Washington and Moscow but criticized as being too weighted toward Russian demands.<\/p>\n
The Kremlin late Monday boasted of Russia\u2019s battlefield gains ahead of the talks, claiming Moscow\u2019s troops have captured the key city of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region. According to Peskov, Putin received a report about Pokrovsk\u2019s capture on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Zelensky, however, said in Paris that fighting was still ongoing in Pokrovsk on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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