Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives for a meeting with Kazakhstan's president at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on November 12. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP/Pool/Getty Images

After the shock and confusion surrounding the leak of a 28-point peace plan containing some of Russia’s most maximalist demands, and the marathon weekend talks to revise them, the US and Ukraine struck a similarly cautious, yet hopeful tone Tuesday.

“There are a few delicate, but not insurmountable, details that must be sorted out,” wrote White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on X.

“Our delegations reached a common understanding on the core terms of the agreement discussed in Geneva,” was the assessment of lead Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov.

In other words, there’s more work to be done

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