“Russia and the United States had a common understanding on the need to move towards a settlement to end the war in Ukraine“
Absolutely! That common understanding is the need to get rid of the corrupt green quisling in Kiev so peace can actually be negotiated.
If there’s word of the mop headed warmonger retuning to the area, somebody, anybody, shoot down his plane.
Well since the fact of the matter is that Ukraine is being used by NATO to fight a proxy war against Russia, Ukraine is just a patsy and doesn’t need to be involved in the negotiations.