US Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds a press conference following a closed-door talks on a US plan to end the war in Ukraine at the US Mission in Geneva, on November 23, 2025. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Despite “a few remaining points of disagreement,” President Trump heralded his team’s “tremendous progress” made towards ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Earlier, his top diplomat, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, also struck a relentlessly upbeat tone after “very positive” Ukraine talks in Geneva at the weekend. The “items that remain are not insurmountable,” he insisted.

Meanwhile, as a US military envoy met Russian officials in Abu Dhabi , it was even declared that the “Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal,” despite “some minor details to be sorted out.”

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