{"id":173257,"date":"2025-11-26T13:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/kremlin-says-leaked-witkoff-call-is-attempt-to-disrupt-ukraine-peace-talks-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:02:09","slug":"kremlin-says-leaked-witkoff-call-is-attempt-to-disrupt-ukraine-peace-talks-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/kremlin-says-leaked-witkoff-call-is-attempt-to-disrupt-ukraine-peace-talks-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin says leaked Witkoff call is attempt to disrupt Ukraine peace talks – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Kremlin<\/a> said Wednesday that the leak of a phone call between senior U.S. and Russian officials was intended to disrupt peace talks<\/a>, and warned it was premature to say a deal to end its war in Ukraine<\/a> was close.
President Donald Trump, whose envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Moscow next week, said his peace plan had been “fine-tuned” and that he had no deadline for an agreement after earlier pressuring Kyiv to endorse a proposal by Thanksgiving<\/a>.
Kyiv and its allies indicated they were broadly happy with changes to the plan, though key sticking points remained. As attention shifted to Russia, which has held to its maximalist demands, the leak added to questions about the Kremlin’s role in negotiations.
Yuri Ushakov, a foreign policy adviser to Vladimir Putin, suggested the leak of his conversation with Witkoff was an attempt to interfere in the peace talks. \u201cIt is unlikely that this is done to improve relations,\u201d he said.
Witkoff advised his Russian counterpart on how to best appeal to Trump about a peace plan and suggested setting up a call with Putin before a visit to the White House by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by Bloomberg News. Bloomberg said it had reviewed a recording of the call but did not say how it obtained access to it.
Ushakov said Wednesday that he talks to Witkoff regularly, but does not comment on the content of those conversations. \u201cSomeone is leaking, someone is listening, but not us,\u201d he said when asked about the story.
In later comments, Ushakov said “some of these leaks are fake,\u201d adding that his conversations with Witkoff were confidential and that leaking them to the media was \u201cunacceptable.\u201d He said he would discuss the leaks directly on a call with the U.S. envoy.
Trump dismissed the controversy, describing Witkoff’s reported approach on the call as \u201ca very standard form of negotiation\u201d and “what a dealmaker does.”
Talking to reporters aboard Air Force One late Tuesday, Trump said his 28-point plan was \u201ca concept\u201d and \u201can original proposal,\u201d from which negotiators went \u201cback and forth.\u201d
Trump said his son-in-law Jared Kushner may join Witkoff in Moscow, having earlier announced U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll would meet Ukrainians for further talks.
Asked whether Thanksgiving was no longer any sort of deadline, Trump responded: \u201cYou know what the deadline for me is?\u201d he said. \u201cWhen it\u2019s over. And I think everybody is tired of fighting at this point.\u201d
Ushakov said Wednesday that Russia had unofficially received several versions of the peace plan, which he said can be \u201cconfusing.\u201d
He said some aspects of it could be viewed \u201cpositively,\u201d but added that the situation was \u201cevolving rapidly.\u201d
Asked whether Russia was closer to peace with Ukraine than ever before, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, “It’s premature to say so.”
Kyiv appeared confident Tuesday that it could finalize a deal with Trump by the end of the month, saying it was looking forward to organizing a Trump-Zelenskyy meeting in the U.S.
But Trump appeared to shoot that down, saying he would only meet with the two leaders once a deal was at its final stages.
Yuliya Talmazan is a reporter for NBC News Digital, based in London.
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