"As Russian chief negotiator Kirill Dmitriev concluded the second day of talks with US counterparts, Yury Ushakov, foreign policy aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, told reporters in Moscow to expect no breakthrough. Dmitriev, he said, would simply return to Moscow and make a report to Putin on December 22. "The Americans are celebrating Christmas in these days. Not many people are going to be working," Ushakov said. "He [Dmitriev] will bring back some signals, which the Americans received from the Europeans and the Ukrainians," Ushakov was quoted by Russian media as saying."
"The Kremlin maintained its hard line on a Ukraine peace deal, rejecting undisclosed changes proposed by Kyiv and its European allies, as separate US-Russia and US-Ukraine talks wrapped up in Florida. The remarks on December 21 came on the same day that Ukraine accused Russia of abducting civilians from a village in Ukraine's Sumy region and taking about 50 of them across the border into Russia. The situation in the Sumy region remained unclear and details could not immediately be confirmed."
The Kremlin maintained a hard line by rejecting undisclosed changes proposed by Kyiv and its European allies to a Ukraine peace deal. Separate US-Russia and US-Ukraine talks in Florida were described as constructive but produced no apparent progress and no announcements on future meetings. Ukraine accused Russia of abducting civilians from a village in the Sumy region and taking about 50 people across the border into Russia, and the situation there remained unclear with details not immediately confirmed. Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev was to report to President Vladimir Putin, and Yury Ushakov said proposed changes would not improve long-term peace prospects.
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