{"id":3207381,"date":"2025-11-27T18:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/?p=3207381"},"modified":"2025-11-27T20:31:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T20:31:05","slug":"putin-calls-trumps-peace-plan-a-starting-point-as-he-warns-ukraine-to-pull-back-or-face-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/27\/putin-calls-trumps-peace-plan-a-starting-point-as-he-warns-ukraine-to-pull-back-or-face-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin calls Trump\u2019s peace plan a \u2018starting point\u2019 as he warns Ukraine to pull back or face &#039;force&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\" data-v-324c3b57><!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"contain\" data-v-324c3b57>  <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-324c3b57 readability=\"5.2694174757282\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-324c3b57 readability=\"6.4854368932039\">\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-324c3b57><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6385665659112\" data-v-324c3b57>Putin arrives for meeting in Kyrgyzstan<\/a><\/h4>\n<p data-v-324c3b57>Putin meets with the heads of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for a summit in Kyrgyzstan. (Russian pool via AP.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/presidential\/trump-transition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> on Thursday expressed interest in using President Trump\u2019s peace plan as a negotiating departure point to end the nearly four-year war between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;We need to sit down and discuss this seriously,&#8221; Putin told reporters at the end of a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan, according to an Associated Press report. He added, &#8220;Every word matters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Putin described U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s plan as &#8220;a set of issues put forward for discussion&#8221; rather than a draft agreement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/russia-warns-may-reject-us-ukraine-peace-plan-fails-uphold-alaska-summit-understandings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RUSSIA WARNS IT MAY REJECT US-UKRAINE PEACE PLAN IF IT FAILS TO UPHOLD ALASKA SUMMIT &#8216;UNDERSTANDINGS&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/343\/192\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/686\/384\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/672\/378\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1344\/756\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/931\/523\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1862\/1046\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/720\/405\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1440\/810\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20343%20192'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/putin-ctso.jpg\" alt=\"Putin attends the CSTO in Kyrgyzstan.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><noscript><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/343\/192\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/686\/384\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/672\/378\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1344\/756\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/931\/523\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1862\/1046\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/720\/405\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1440\/810\/putin-ctso.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/putin-ctso.jpg\" alt=\"Putin attends the CSTO in Kyrgyzstan.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/putin-ctso.jpg\" alt=\"Putin attends the CSTO in Kyrgyzstan.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"10\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"15\">\n<p><span>Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to Russian journalists after the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025.&nbsp;<\/span> <span>(Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If Ukrainian troops withdraw from the territories they occupy, hostilities will cease. If they don\u2019t withdraw, we will achieve this by force,&#8221; the Russian strongman said.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Barr, R-Ky., a House Foreign Affairs Committee member, told Fox News Digital the situation reinforces the need for strong American leadership. &#8220;Russia invaded Ukraine because Joe Biden was the weakest president in American history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barr, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Kentucky said, &#8220;President Trump\u2019s peace-through-strength leadership kept Putin fully contained. This war never would have happened under his watch. Trump is the peace president\u2026 the only leader who can end this war and bring stability back to Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Putin critics believe he is seeking to trick the&nbsp;U.S. and the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>The former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who predicted Putin\u2019s jingoism and invasion of Ukraine, told the&nbsp;Polish international news network TVP that &#8220;Peace under Putin is unachievable for one simple reason: Putin is war \u2014 and Russia is gearing up for even more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/343\/192\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/686\/384\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/672\/378\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1344\/756\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/931\/523\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1862\/1046\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/720\/405\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1440\/810\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20343%20192'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/putin-witkofff.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Witkoff meeting Putin.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><noscript><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/343\/192\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/686\/384\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/672\/378\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1344\/756\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/931\/523\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1862\/1046\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/720\/405\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1440\/810\/putin-witkofff.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/putin-witkofff.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Witkoff meeting Putin.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/putin-witkofff.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Witkoff meeting Putin.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"7.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><span>Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Moscow, Russia Aug. 6, 2025.&nbsp;<\/span> <span>(Sputnik\/Gavriil Grigorov\/Pool via Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kasparov has also criticized NATO, Trump and the EU for failing to defend Ukraine and evict Russia from Ukraine\u2019s entire territory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We owe them everything,&#8221; Kasparov recently said&nbsp;about Ukraine at the Halifax International Security Forum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/momentum-builds-ukraine-peace-push-experts-fear-putin-wont-budge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MOMENTUM BUILDS IN UKRAINE PEACE PUSH, BUT EXPERTS FEAR PUTIN WON\u2019T BUDGE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kremlin officials have had little to say so far about the peace plan put forward last week by Trump. Putin has been recalcitrant about accepting previous Trump plans to end the war.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/putin-issues-formal-demands-end-ukraine-war-after-meeting-trump-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Putin has demanded<\/a> that Ukraine completely withdraw from the entirety of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions before Russia considers any sort of &#8220;peace negotiations&#8221; \u2014 notably including areas of each of those oblasts that Russia does not occupy. He also wants to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ukraine-seek-nato-invitation-brussels-next-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine from joining NATO<\/a> and hosting any Western troops, allowing Moscow to gradually pull the country back into its orbit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/343\/192\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/686\/384\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/672\/378\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1344\/756\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/931\/523\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1862\/1046\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/720\/405\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1440\/810\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20343%20192'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine&#039;s Andriy Yermak with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Geneva.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/picture><noscript><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/343\/192\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/686\/384\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/672\/378\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1344\/756\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/931\/523\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1862\/1046\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/720\/405\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1440\/810\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20675'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine&#039;s Andriy Yermak with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Geneva.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ur1stop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/rubio-us-ukraine-talks-geneva.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine&#039;s Andriy Yermak with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Geneva.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" readability=\"10\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"15\">\n<p><span>Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, talk to the press as their consultations continue at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Martial Trezzini\/Keystone via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Institute for the Study of War on Wednesday cast doubt on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian claims<\/a> that its invasion is unstoppable as it is still struggling to capture&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pokrovsk-russia-ukraine-war-trump-zelenskyy-putin-e5fbe91c87036f6cd11d17f512c2ba35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">cities in the eastern Donetsk region<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Data on Russian forces\u2019 rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent,&#8221; the Washington-based think tank said. &#8220;Recent Russian advances elsewhere on the front line have largely been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-envoy-says-putin-made-robust-concessions-during-alaska-meeting-talks-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff<\/a> is set to visit Moscow next week, the Kremlin says, while U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, who in recent weeks has played a high-profile role in the peace efforts, may be heading to Kyiv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The initial U.S. peace proposal was criticized for being skewed toward Russian demands, but an amended version emerged from talks in Geneva on Sunday between American and Ukrainian officials. Sidelined European leaders, fearing for their own security amid Russian aggression, are angling for deeper involvement in the process.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press and Fox News Digital\u2019s Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\" readability=\"7.0398773006135\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\" readability=\"9.9386503067485\">\n<p>Benjamin Weinthal&nbsp;reports on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/iran\" target=\"_blank\">Iran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/syria\" target=\"_blank\">Syria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/turkey\" target=\"_blank\">Turkey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/europe\" target=\"_blank\">Europe.<\/a> You can follow&nbsp;Benjamin&nbsp;on Twitter @BenWeinthal, and email him at benjamin.weinthal@fox.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putin arrives for meeting in Kyrgyzstan Putin meets with the heads of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) for a summit in Kyrgyzstan. (Russian pool via AP.) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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