The Kremlin says so.

A Kremlin spokesman has dampened expectations that a peace deal to end nearly four years of conflict is close to being reached. invasion of ukraine.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said it is “premature” to say whether the situation in Ukraine is close to a solution.

Peskov also claimed that there are people in other countries, including the United States, “who will try to derail these peaceful events,” when asked about leaks from the negotiations.

The comments come after a Kremlin aide, Yuri Ushakov, took a more positive tone regarding the status of the US-backed proposal. Ushakov told a Russian state television journalist on Wednesday that “some aspects can be seen positively, but many require special discussions among experts.”

Ushakov also confirmed that Russia had been presented with the revised proposal that resulted from high-level talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials over the weekend, but said Russian officials had not yet met with their U.S. counterparts to discuss it.

“We haven’t discussed it with anyone yet because it really requires serious analysis, serious discussion,” Ushakov added.

Bloomberg on Tuesday published a translated transcript of a call between Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president, indicating that Ushakov thought the Russians would get the “maximum” of their demands.

“No, look. I think we will just draw up this document from our position and I will transmit it informally, making it clear that everything is informal,” Dmitriev said. “And let them do their thing. But I don’t think they will adopt our version exactly, but at least it will be as close as possible.”

President Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Tuesday that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week to discuss the proposal.

Bloomberg late Tuesday published another transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call between Witkoff and Ushakov in which Witkoff appeared to coach Ushakov on how to negotiate with Trump, and that the Russians hoped the proposal between Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, would be friendly to them.

“Now, from me to you, I know what it will take to get a peace deal: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere,” Witkoff said, according to the transcript. “But what I’m saying is that instead of talking like that, let’s talk with more hope because I think we’re going to reach an agreement here. And I think Yuri, the president, will give me a lot of space and discretion to reach that agreement.”

When Trump was asked Tuesday about the recording, he said he had not heard it, but added that Witkoff was being a “negotiator.”

“No, but it’s standard, you know, because he has to sell this to Ukraine,” Trump said. “He has to sell Ukraine to Russia. That’s what a negotiator does. You have to say, look, they want this. You have to convince them of this. You know, that’s a very standard way of negotiating. I haven’t heard it, but I heard it was a standard negotiation. And I imagine he’s saying the same thing to Ukraine, because each side has to give and take.”

A U.S. official told News themezone on Tuesday that Ukraine’s government had “agreed to a peace deal” brokered by the Trump administration to stop Russia’s attack. The U.S. official and Ukraine’s national security adviser, Rustem Umerov, said a common understanding had been reached on a proposal, with details still to be worked out.

Russia’s response appears to contradict the optimism expressed by Trump when he took to his Truth Social platform Tuesday night to highlight what he called “tremendous progress” in the negotiations.

“The original 28-Point Peace Plan, which was drafted by the United States, has been refined, with additional input from both sides, and only a few points of disagreement remain,” Trump wrote.

He added that he will send Witkoff to Moscow to meet with Putin in hopes of “finalizing” the peace plan.

Trump told reporters Tuesday night that negotiators had “taken each of the 28 points, and then they come down to 22 points. Many of them were resolved, and in fact, they were resolved very favorably.” He went on to say that Russia will make concessions, but added that “their big concession is that they stop fighting and don’t take any more land.”

Last week, News themezone Obtained a draft of a proposal backed by the Trump administration to end the war. The proposed plan included several provisions that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected in the past, such as a requirement that Ukraine give up its entire Donetsk region – including parts not occupied by Russia – and that Ukraine end its bid to join NATO.