Ukraine’s government has “agreed to a peace deal” brokered by the Trump administration to end Russia’s nearly four-year offensive, a U.S. official told CBS News on Tuesday. The US official and Ukraine’s national security adviser Rustam Umerov said consensus had been reached on a proposal, the details of which were still being worked out.
Umerov expressed hope that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could visit the US before the end of November to finalize an agreement. cbs news was Will report first on Sunday US and Ukrainian officials previously discussed Zelensky’s possible visit to the US this week.
“The Ukrainians have agreed to a peace deal,” a U.S. official told CBS News. “There are some small things that still need to be sorted out but they have agreed to a peace deal.”
The news came as U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll was in Abu Dhabi to meet with Russian officials, two U.S. officials and two diplomatic sources who were not authorized to speak publicly told CBS News. A fifth source with knowledge of the talks also confirmed Driscoll’s presence in the UAE capital.
Speaking on Truth Social on Tuesday afternoon, President Trump said that “there are only a few points of disagreement remaining.”
The president said he instructed his envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and that Driscoll would meet with the Ukrainians.
Mr Trump said, “I will be briefed along with Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wills on all the progress that has been made.” “I hope to meet with President Zelensky and President Putin soon, but only when the agreement to end this war is final or in its final stages.”
Later on Tuesday, Mr Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that “we are making progress.” Asked what points of disagreement remain, he said, “Standard things,” but “people are starting to realize it’s a good deal for both sides.”
On Tuesday morning, White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt wrote on Twitter, “Over the past week, the United States has made tremendous progress toward a peace agreement by bringing both Ukraine and Russia to the table. There are some delicate, but not insurmountable, details that must be resolved and will require further dialogue between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States.”
There was no immediate reaction from attacking force Russia on what was agreed in Abu Dhabi, and there were no details from US or Ukrainian officials about what the latest proposal contained. Umerov said on Tuesday that Ukraine had agreed to the “main conditions” of the peace proposal amid ongoing talks in Abu Dhabi that involve US, Ukrainian and Russian officials, though not all together at the same time.
Speaking earlier on Tuesday, veteran Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters that Russia “appreciates the position of the US, which is taking the initiative in resolving the Ukrainian conflict,” adding that Moscow “acts professionally, does not leak information before reaching formal agreements … Russia expects the US to inform it in the near future about the results of consultations with Ukraine and Europe.”
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Lavrov stressed that, while Russia was still waiting to receive an updated version of the peace proposal “from our American allies”, Moscow hoped it would include the basic principles agreed upon between Presidents Trump and Putin during their August meeting in Alaska.
“The key proposals of Trump’s plan are based on what was agreed in Anchorage,” Lavrov said. He said these principles were “reflected in the plan” proposed by the White House last week, “which we welcomed – President Putin said so.”
“We are ready to discuss concrete formulations because there is a whole series of questions that need to be clarified,” Lavrov said. “If there is no spirit and letter of anchorage on the key understandings that we have set out, it will be a different situation in principle,” he said.
Umerov said Tuesday that Ukraine has agreed to the “main conditions” of the peace proposal amid ongoing talks in Abu Dhabi that involve US, Ukrainian and Russian officials, although not all are meeting together at the same time.
Umerov also said in a social media post that the country’s negotiators had “reached consensus on the main terms” of the agreement discussed between US, European and Ukrainian officials in Geneva over the weekend.
“We now count on the support of our European partners in our further steps. We look forward to organizing the visit of the President of Ukraine to the US at the earliest appropriate date in November to complete the final steps and reach an agreement with President Trump,” Umerov said.
A Trump administration official said there was no agreement on Zelensky’s visit to the US as of Tuesday morning, but if a meeting takes place in the coming days, it could be at Mar-a-Lago.
A U.S. military official in Abu Dhabi told CBS News that Driscoll spoke for hours with Russian representatives on Tuesday, traveling in and out of meetings throughout the day.
“We remain very optimistic,” the official said. “Secretary Driscoll remains optimistic. Hopefully, we’ll get a response from the Russians soon. It’s moving forward quickly.”
It is unclear who else is in the US delegation in Abu Dhabi. A U.S. official told CBS News on Tuesday that a Ukrainian delegation was also there and has been in contact with Driscoll and his team.
Clear progress in Abu Dhabi has come amid a crushing blow by President Trump to ensure a ceasefire in the nearly four-year-long Russia-Ukraine war.
A source with knowledge told CBS News that Driscoll was working in Abu Dhabi on a revised version of the White House’s 28-point proposal following productive talks in Geneva.
Over the weekend, Driscoll, Rubio, Witkoff, the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and diplomats from Ukraine and European allies Participated in talks in Geneva, SwitzerlandDriscoll’s meeting with Russian officials also follows Tour of the capital of Ukraine Last week.
US and Ukrainian officials previously discussed a possible visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the US this week. CBS News reported On Sunday.
last week, CBS News obtained A draft of a resolution backed by the Trump administration to end the war. The proposed plan included several provisions that Zelensky had rejected in the past, such as a requirement that Ukraine give up its entire Donetsk region – including those parts not occupied by Russia – and ending pressure on the country to join NATO.
there is also one accompanying documents Related to security guarantees, according to US and Ukrainian officials. Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.S., Olga Stefanyshynna, told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sunday. document specified that the US intended to provide “security assurances”, which it said were along the lines of Article 5 of the NATO treaty, which commits members to come to the defense of an attacked NATO state.
A group of NATO members and other US allies on Saturday issued a joint statement The proposed peace plan would be called “a foundation that will require additional work.”
the White House said in a statement Sunday night Following discussions in Geneva, US and Ukrainian officials “drafted an updated and refined peace framework”. rubio Described a session in Geneva as “very meaningful”, but added that “there is still some work to do, and that’s what our teams are going to do right now.”
Mr Trump has put pressure on Zelensky to reach a deal Thank youHowever, Rubio on Sunday described that deadline as flexible.
an American official told cbs news Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to believe he will take Ukraine’s Donetsk region one way or another – either through negotiations or on the battlefield. The Trump administration’s negotiations in Geneva began on the premise that Putin was right.
While the same US official declined to provide a US assessment of whether Ukraine is losing the war in the east, the US official said the trajectory of the battle points towards Russia capturing Donetsk. The official indicated that Russian advances in the eastern border city of Pokrovsk, a logistics hub for Ukraine, were not a positive sign for Kiev’s defensive prospects. Russian media often refer to Pokrovsk as the “gateway” to Ukraine’s industrial Donbass region.
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