Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov says Moscow views recent U.S. commentary on a Ukraine settlement unevenly-some signals are acceptable, others are not. He stressed that the baseline for any movement remains the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Anchorage, which he cast as the most promising track toward peace.

Ushakov described a mixed flow of messages from Washington but argued that Anchorage is the reference point guiding current thinking. He reiterated that this framework, in Russia’s view, offers the clearest route to results.

He also recalled that, as of 13 November, a Putin-Trump meeting in Budapest-derailed earlier-still remains possible, though no timeline has been set for potential talks.