LONDON and KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared last week to be cautiously optimistic on the U.S. 28-point peace plan to end his invasion of Ukraine, but statements made by his emissaries in the days since then have led some analysts to believe he thinks he can get a better deal. "I believe that it could also form the basis for a final peace settlement, but this text has not been discussed with us in detail," Putin told his Security Council on Friday. Momentum has appeared to be building as U.S., European, Ukrainian and Russian representatives met first in Geneva, Switzerland, and then in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. U.S. President Donald Trump has now said a deal could be "very close" and has ordered his envoy Steve Witkoff to travel to Moscow next week to

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