The Kremlin’s top foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov confirmed there is a “preliminary agreement” for U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff to visit Moscow.

President Donald Trump indicated on Tuesday that he was backing away from a Thursday deadline for Ukraine to accept a U.S.-backed peace proposal, stating: "the deadline for me is when it's over."Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Florida for the Thanksgiving holiday,

As for Mr Trump, he again betrayed his underlying bias: sympathy for Russia and indifference to Ukraine. Ahead of the Geneva talks he dismissively said Mr Zelensky “can continue to fight his little heart out” if no agreement were reached, and complained on social media that “UKRAINE ‘LEADERSHIP’ HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS.”