Russia draws red line as Trump pushes peace plan, hints Putin may not make major concessions on…

After a leaked call revealed Trump envoy Steve Witkoff advising a top Kremlin aide on how to sell Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace plan, Moscow has sent mixed signals about the proposal. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says key elements of the plan reflect earlier US–Russia understandings from the Anchorage summit, even as reports suggest the Kremlin could still reject the framework Zelensky has cautiously greenlit. Witkoff is now heading to Russia for high‑stakes talks as questions mount in Washington, Kyiv, and Europe over the plan’s pro‑Russia provisions on Donetsk and potential land swaps.