{"id":173119,"date":"2025-11-25T10:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ukraine-war-latest-zelenskyy-set-to-visit-us-to-make-peace-deal-with-trump-sky-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:47:20","slug":"ukraine-war-latest-zelenskyy-set-to-visit-us-to-make-peace-deal-with-trump-sky-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ukraine-war-latest-zelenskyy-set-to-visit-us-to-make-peace-deal-with-trump-sky-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine war latest: Zelenskyy set to visit US to &#039;make peace deal&#039; with Trump &#8211; Sky News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After days of intense negotiations over a US-backed peace plan, Volodymyr Zelenskyy could visit the US as soon as this week to finalise a deal. But as peace efforts gain pace, Kyiv and Moscow continue to trade deadly attacks. Follow the latest.<br \/>Tuesday 25 November 2025 10:45, UK<br \/>Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<br \/>A senior official for the United Arab Emirates has been asked about reported talks between US, Ukrainian and Russian officials in Abu Dhabi.<br \/>A diplomatic adviser to President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said they would not comment on Russia or Ukraine, but the UAE was happy to facilitate in every way it can.<br \/>Earlier, the Kremlin said it had &#8220;nothing to say&#8221; on the talks that reportedly include US army secretary Dan Driscoll.<br \/>Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov is speaking to reporters after meeting the Belarusian foreign minister.<br \/>He says that while Moscow welcomes the original 28-point peace plan, it will be a &#8220;completely different situation&#8221; if amendments do not reflect the spirit and letter of talks between Putin and Trump in Alaska.&nbsp;<br \/>Russia is waiting for what he called an &#8220;interim&#8221; proposal, following European and Ukrainian alterations.<br \/>As we&#8217;ve been reporting, both Ukraine and Russia suffered fierce attacks in major urban areas last night.<br \/>At least six people were killed in Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, according it its mayor, with residential buildings badly damaged.<br \/>Meanwhile, a major Ukrainian drone attack left three dead and 16 injured across two Russian cities and a Black Sea port, local officials said.<br \/><b>Watch the footage of the aftermath here&#8230;<\/b><br \/>Ukraine&#8217;s military has shared updates of several attacks carried out on Russia&#8217;s border regions.<br \/>It says its forces hit an oil refinery in the southwest <b>Krasnodar <\/b>region and an oil terminal in the port of <b>Novorossiysk<\/b>, which lies on the Black Sea.<br \/>Devices for loading and unloading oil onto tankers were ht in the strikes.<br \/>A Russian A-60 reconnaissance aircraft was also hit during a strike on the Beriev military plant, it added.<br \/>It comes after Krasnodar governor Veniamin Kondratyev said the region was subjected to &#8220;one of the longest major attacks&#8221; by Kyiv last night, with three killed and 16 injured (see 06.19 post).<br \/>Dan Driscoll has emerged as a key figure in recent peace negotiations &#8211; and one to watch.&nbsp;<br \/>The US army secretary is reportedly in the UAE today, hosting not-so-secret talks with Russian and Ukrainian officials.<br \/>But you could be forgiven for being unaware of his involvement until now. <b><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/author\/mark-stone-551\" target=\"_blank\">US correspondent Mark Stone<\/a><\/b> explains his role&#8230;<br \/>As army secretary, he is one of the top civilians within the Pentagon.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>He leads the US Department of the Army, which is one of the three military departments within the Department of War (formerly the Department of Defence, before a Trump rebrand).&nbsp;<br \/>In the hierarchy, he sits just under Pete Hegseth, the secretary of war, but the speculation in Washington is that there is tension between the two of them.<br \/>Hegseth can&#8217;t fire or purge Driscoll, though, because he is a close friend of the vice president.&nbsp;<br \/>He and JD Vance were at Yale together and Trump likes him.&nbsp;<br \/>Unusually for a Trump official, he also enjoys bipartisan popularity.&nbsp;<br \/>It was Driscoll who was sent to present the 28-point plan to Zelenskyy in Kyiv three days ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to visit the US at the &#8220;earliest possible date&#8221; in November, according to Ukraine&#8217;s national security chief.<br \/>Rustem Umerov says the visit will be aimed at &#8220;completing the final stages&#8221; of a peace agreement with Donald Trump.<br \/>US and Ukrainian delegations &#8220;have reached a common understanding on the key terms of the agreement discussed in Geneva&#8221;, he adds.<br \/>&#8220;We look forward to organising a visit by the president of Ukraine to the United States at the earliest possible date in November to complete final steps and make a deal with President Trump.&#8221;<br \/>Residents of a Kyiv building attacked by Russia last night have poured doubt on the peace process.<br \/>Russia launched 22 missiles and 460 drones in its latest attack.<br \/>Liubov Petrivna said she didn&#8217;t believe in the proposed US plan.<br \/>&#8220;No one will ever do anything about it. Putin won&#8217;t stop until he finishes us off.&#8221;<br \/>Another resident, Nina Dorozhynska, agreed: &#8220;They write one thing, but do their own thing. The war will not stop, it seems to me so.&nbsp;<br \/>&#8220;No negotiations will work. This is an excuse from poor people.&#8221;<br \/>Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian drones crossed into the airspace of Moldova and Romania overnight &#8211; after the Romanian defence ministry said it was forced to scramble jets in response (see our 7.08am post for more).<br \/>&#8220;It is known that four drones crossed into the airspace of our neighbours &#8211; Moldova and Romania &#8211; with the exact overflight times confirmed,&#8221; Ukraine&#8217;s president said in a post online.<br \/>Russia launched more than 460 drones in total during a wave of attacks across Ukraine, including deadly strikes on Kyiv, Zelenskyy added.<br \/>An image released by Moldova&#8217;s police force showed a drone on the roof of a village house in the country&#8217;s northern region.<br \/>Two versions of a Ukraine peace plan now exist &#8211; one drawn up by a sanctioned Russian official and a US envoy outside official channels, and a draft amended by Europe and Ukraine.<br \/>Here, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/author\/michael-clarke-949\" target=\"_blank\"><b>military analyst Professor Michael Clarke<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;explains the main differences between the two&#8230;<br \/>The Kremlin&nbsp;has &#8220;nothing to say&#8221; on reports that US army secretary Dan Driscoll has been in talks with a Russian delegation in Abu Dhabi (see more in our 6.68am post).<br \/>Moscow has not yet received any updated plans on Ukraine, spokesman Dmitry Peskov says. But he adds that Donald Trump&#8217;s peace plan &#8211; which is widely viewed as favouring Russia &#8211; could be a very good basis for talks.<br \/>The controversial 28-point proposal was reportedly drawn up by a sanctioned Russian official and Trump&#8217;s envoy. Ukraine and its European allies have made several counterproposals since it was published.<br \/>Be the first to get <span>Breaking News<\/span><br \/>Install the Sky News app for free<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNNS1sLTdOaGppOG5FWmFRTTkzTmtWQUZYZ3lxRDRiWWFkYS1HQVFLem1TZzdpdjcyV2gxVmdLTU15SE1KR2VqY3NqdXJTX2N1bi1hU2xBZzlDWEV4ci1HUlV1RmhkeDhDeDVoRENzeHZ3a09kUldMMlY3QmJyREVOVVNXYmYzVE9ZM05oZmlwajNHLTVWbzl0WjdOb1dPOW81NlY0M2p5TGFfalU?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After days of intense negotiations over a US-backed peace plan, Volodymyr Zelenskyy could visit the US as soon as this week to finalise a deal. But as peace efforts gain pace, Kyiv and Moscow continue to trade deadly attacks. 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