Charles Maines

The Kremlin says the U.S.

has now provided a document outlining the main parameters of its peace proposal, one amended with input from Ukraine and Europe after an earlier version was criticized as heavily tilted in Moscow's favor.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested the plan could still be the basis of a settlement, but only if Ukraine is the one to make key concessions.

Among them, a demand to surrender territory claimed but not controlled by Russia after more than three years of fighting.

The topic is sure to come up when Ukrainian negotiators meet with White House envoy Steve Witkoff and other administration officials this weekend in Florida.

Witkoff then heads to Russia for talks with Putin in the coming days.

Charles Baines, NPR News, Moscow.

In an interview with a Russian policy journal, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rybkov said the prospect of a new Trump-Putin meeting remained.

I wouldn't rule anything out, said Rybkov, who characterized ongoing dialogue between Washington and Moscow as impressive.

Those comments come amid a new push by President Trump to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.

President Putin has loosely endorsed Trump's draft plan, which critics say skews heavily in Moscow's favor.

Trump and Putin last met for a hastily scheduled summit in Alaska last August that failed to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough.

Then Trump complained the Russian leader still wasn't ready for peace and canceled a potential follow-on meeting last month in Hungary.

Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.

Sure. You know, Ukraine smuggled remotely operated drones laden with explosives deep into Russia. And by deep, I mean deep up into the Arctic, also into Siberia, some 2700 miles away. Now, they did this by hiding the drones in the tops of flatbed trucks, which then parked near military bases before lifting off to attack planes on the runway. And we know this because Russians filmed it.

Sure. You know, Ukraine smuggled remotely operated drones laden with explosives deep into Russia. And by deep, I mean deep up into the Arctic, also into Siberia, some 2700 miles away. Now, they did this by hiding the drones in the tops of flatbed trucks, which then parked near military bases before lifting off to attack planes on the runway. And we know this because Russians filmed it.

Sure. You know, Ukraine smuggled remotely operated drones laden with explosives deep into Russia. And by deep, I mean deep up into the Arctic, also into Siberia, some 2700 miles away. Now, they did this by hiding the drones in the tops of flatbed trucks, which then parked near military bases before lifting off to attack planes on the runway. And we know this because Russians filmed it.

Local authorities shared this witness video, saying it was the first Ukrainian drone attack in Siberia.

Local authorities shared this witness video, saying it was the first Ukrainian drone attack in Siberia.

Local authorities shared this witness video, saying it was the first Ukrainian drone attack in Siberia.