“I would not say that Washington is somehow abandoning the Ukrainian issue. Our active telephone contacts are evidence of this. And, in particular, this initiative of US President Donald Trump (on the ceasefire), which he voiced and which we supported. So the Americans are working,” Ushakov noted.
He pointed out that to implement the May 9-11 truce, the American representatives negotiated for two days in parallel with Moscow and Kiev.
“The agreement was reached during difficult negotiations. For two days we conducted telephone negotiations with American colleagues, while simultaneously the Americans were in contact with Kiev. All of this was not easy,” he stressed.
Ushakov called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s subsequent decree “allowing” the parade to be held in Moscow “unserious” and compared it to “clowning.”
He said he expects US presidential representatives Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner will soon visit Moscow, and that Russian-American dialogue on the Ukrainian settlement will continue.
“I think fairly soon, our regular colleagues Steven Witkoff and Kushner will come to Moscow. We will continue the dialogue with them,” he said.
Since the start of the conflict in February 2022, Russia and Ukraine have held numerous rounds of peace talks, including several mediated by the US in early 2026, but no breakthrough has been achieved due to fundamental disagreements over territory.
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