In the administration of the President of the United States of America Donald Trump"very optimistic" about a peace agreement in Ukraine. This statement was made by White House press secretary Caroline Levitt, writes Sky News.

She said that American negotiators and Trump himself"have been working very hard on this." She noted that there have been "very good talks" with Ukrainian representatives. Special envoy Steve Witkoff is now heading to Russia.

"We hope this war will finally end," Levitt added.

In turn, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that after negotiations with the Ukrainian side,"there is still a lot of work ahead."

"This is a delicate issue. It's complicated. There are many variables, and obviously there is another party that needs to be brought into this process, and that will continue later this week when [Steve] Witkoff goes to Moscow," he is quoted as saying. The Hill .

The publication notes that negotiations between representatives of Ukraine and the United States lasted several hours on November 30. The main obstacles to any peace agreement are reportedly security guarantees for Ukraine and the issue of territorial concessions.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia has repeatedly broken peace agreements and violated the peace. Therefore, it is necessary to obtain security guarantees for Ukraine so that no such actions by the aggressor country occur in the future.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaia Kallas, noted that this week could be decisive for Ukraine , in view of the planned negotiations. She emphasized that Russia does not want peace and therefore"it is necessary to make Ukraine as strong as possible."