The Wall Street Journal, citing its own sources, reports that the new plan proposed by U. S. President Donald Trump for resolving the conflict in Ukraine aligns with the ideas put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Anchorage this August.

According to the newspaper, elements of Trump’s new proposal correspond to what Putin had outlined earlier in talks with special envoy Steve Witkoff, and later during the summit with Trump in Alaska.

The report also states that Washington, in implementing Trump’s plan, is relying on Moscow’s interest in reviving economic relations with the West.

Another U.S. outlet, Axios, previously reported-citing both Russian and American sources-that the United States has been conducting «secret consultations» with Russia on developing a new framework for resolving the conflict in Ukraine. The publication noted that Kyiv and its European allies have not yet been informed of the plan’s details.

A day earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that following the Alaska summit between the presidents of Russia and the United States, there had been «no new developments» regarding a settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.

Russia and Ukraine have, in the past, held three rounds of direct talks in Istanbul, which resulted in a prisoner exchange. Russia also handed over the bodies of deceased Ukrainian servicemen. Both sides exchanged draft memorandums proposing political mechanisms for a settlement.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has emphasized that Moscow remains ready to discuss the political aspects of a resolution with Ukraine and to work in any suitable formats. However, he noted that Russia has not received a response from Kyiv to its proposal to establish three working groups focused on humanitarian, military and political issues. Lavrov also pointed out that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky rejected an invitation from the Russian president to come to Moscow for negotiations.