European, U.S., and Ukrainian officials claim a peace agreement with Russia is 90 percent complete, but the Kremlin’s position remains distant from the draft terms reached during December 2025 talks in Florida and January 2026 talks in Paris. Russian President Vladimir Putin has attempted to justify stalling the peace plan while avoiding direct confrontation with U.S. President Donald Trump by fabricating a Ukrainian drone attack on his personal residence and using a recent Ukrainian corruption scandal to try to delegitimize Kyiv’s political leadership. Putin prolonging the war against Ukraine conflicts with Russian public sentiment and economic realities, creating domestic political risks and deepening Russia’s isolation from international actors pushing for peace.
Putin Stalling Ninety Percent Complete Peace Deal – Jamestown
