There is definitely a stalemate in these peace talks for Ukraine, because the Russians are clearly a little more intransigent than Ukraine. This draft peace treaty to stop hostilities by sea, land and air was rejected by the Kremlin a month ago. At that time, Moscow was committed to pushing the last Ukrainian troops out of the Kursk region - and succeeded. This was announced to Lili Marinkova in the studio “FACT“ and the program “Conversation“ by journalist Ognyan Duskarev.
“As for the negotiations themselves, Stiff Witkoff - Donald Trump's envoy, held 5-hour talks with Putin. And what was agreed upon. Witkoff mentioned that peace depends on the status of these five regions occupied by Russia - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia and Crimea. And now there is only talk of a cessation of hostilities - without a peace treaty, so that a huge number of people on both sides do not die,“ Duskarev also shared.
"Now US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Western Europe to negotiate exactly this, but it seems that it is difficult here too. President Zelensky announced last night that there is very good progress in the negotiations between Ukraine and the US to conclude an agreement on rare earth minerals. And this is of great importance for both countries. Zelensky mentioned that this agreement is almost legally concluded and technical details remain. If this happens, this will be Ukraine's guarantee of their security, and in exchange for the fact that they will sign this agreement. If it comes to signing the contract and the Americans send their equipment, their engineers there, then this is the guarantee of Ukraine's security,“ the guest added.
See more of the conversation in the VIDEO.