US Media Claims US And Ukraine Have Agreed To Draft Of Peace Deal

Ukraine has reportedly now agreed to an amended version of Donald Trump’s peace plan.

Reports from US media citing an unnamed American official claimed on Tuesday afternoon that Kyiv and Washington had come to an agreement of settling the war in Ukraine.

While some details allegedly still need to be worked out, the Ukrainians have reportedly signed up to the “core” elements of the Trump-brokered deal, according to reports.

The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X: “Over the past week, the United States has made tremendous progress towards a peace deal by bringing both Ukraine and Russia to the table.

“There are a few delicate, but not insurmountable, details that must be sorted out and will require further talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States.”

A Ukrainian official also told Reuters news agency that Ukraine supports the essence of the peace deal.

Prime minister Keir Starmer was at the despatch box when the news broke.

He told the Commons that he is receiving information right there and then, noting that he suspected they would not have agreed to the “whole deal” yet either.

“This isn’t a new set of proposals or agreements in any way,” he said.

Conservative MP for the Wrekin, Mark Pritchard, raised an important point questioning the reports.

He said: “If I may caution the prime minister, I understand that the reports that were referred to by the honourable member were a single source US official, unnamed, and I just think that we might be falling into a trap here which others want us to fall into.

“And that is bouncing the Ukrainians into an arbitrary deadline of Thanksgiving Day.”

Trump urged the Ukrainians to sign up to his first 28-point plan by Thursday, or risk losing access to American intelligence and military support.

That sent alarm bells ringing in the west because the plan involved major capitulation from Ukraine, and demanded the beleaguered country give up more territory to Russia.

European officials then rushed to offer their own counterproposals with a hastily arranged meeting in Geneva over the weekend.

Pritchard continued: “I think we need to ensure that officials, and all of us, are able to verify sources and corroborate even if they are reported and repeated in the mainstream media in the UK.”

“My instinct is with him on the breaking news,” Starmer replied, adding that he “spoke to President Zelenskyy about four hours ago”.

“I am intending to speak to him again this afternoon,” Starmer said. “My instinct is that this isn’t anything of greater significance than what was coming out of yesterday. If it is, then of course, I will make another statement.”

He added that the UK will continue engaging with Ukraine in “every step of the way”.