What’s emerged from the Washington-led effort to end the war in Ukraine suggests a deal that seems likely to be favorable to Russia.

The war in Ukraine is not going to end "any time soon," U.S. Vice President JD Vance said in an interview with Fox News on Thursday. It is "going to be up to the Russians and Ukrainians now that each side knows what the other's terms for peace are.

The US and Ukraine agreed on Wednesday night on a minerals deal, the terms of which have been hailed by Ukrainians.

President Vladimir Putin has stated that former French military personnel are currently fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine. Speaking Wednesday at a forum in Moscow, the Russian leader claimed that these fighters have formed a unit named “Normandia-Niemen”—a reference to the historic French-Soviet regiment of World War II.

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected an attempt from President Trump to strike a peace deal in the Ukraine-Russia war.

US President Donald Trump understands that Russia has certain ‘legitimate requirements’ regarding a peace deal with Ukraine, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy told RIA Novosti.