WASHINGTON ( WNAM MONITORING ): A US plan backed by President Donald Trump to end Russia’s war in Ukraine is “good” for both sides, the White House said Thursday, rejecting concerns that it echoes many of Moscow’s demands.
Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been “quietly” working on the plan for a month, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
“It’s ongoing and it’s in flux, but the president supports this plan. It’s a good plan for both Russia and Ukraine, and we believe that it should be acceptable to both sides,” she told a briefing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met in Kyiv with a Pentagon delegation headed by US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, said any deal to end Russia’s invasion must bring a “dignified peace,” with “respect for our independence, our sovereignty.”
Zelensky’s office said he expected to discuss the points with Trump in the coming days.
On the ground, Russia claimed to have recaptured the key city of Kupiansk in eastern Ukraine, as President Vladimir Putin visited an army command post to speak with officers about the situation at the front.
The Ukrainian army denied Russia had retaken Kupiansk, which Kyiv lost to Moscow the day it launched its invasion in 2022, then wrested back.
