Overview
- Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said negotiations with Washington on a Ukraine settlement are moving forward slowly but steadily.
- She accused Western European governments of trying to derail the process and said Moscow urges the United States to counter such attempts.
- Zakharova said Russia is prepared to continue within parameters set at the leaders’ Anchorage meeting in August.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Dec. 24 that Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev had already briefed President Vladimir Putin on talks in Miami.
- No agreement has been reached, as disagreements over territorial lines and enforceable security guarantees continue to block a deal.