The Kremlin said Wednesday that the leak of a phone call between senior U.S. and Russian officials was intended to disrupt peace talks , and warned it was premature to say that a deal to end its war in Ukraine was close.

President Donald Trump, whose envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Moscow next week, said that his peace plan had been "fine-tuned" and that he had no deadline for an agreement after earlier pressuring Kyiv to endorse a proposal by Thanksgiving .

Kyiv and its allies indicated they were broadly happy with changes to the plan, though key sticking points remained. As attention shifted to Russia, which has held to its maximalist demands, the leak added to questions about the Kremlin's role in negotiations.

Yuri Ushakov, a foreign policy adviser to Russian President Vladim

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