What Russian "negotiations" mean

Below is a resume of a stillborn US - Russian peace plan proposal that the USA tried to push on Ukraine last November:

UNIAN cited the opinion of analyst Mykhaylo Samus:

"It's clear the leak originated with Russia. This means it's a planned operation by Russian intelligence services at the highest level, designed to manipulate the information space to Russia's advantage. Russia, it turns out, is working for peace. They're holding some kind of negotiations with the United States. But Europe and Ukraine, well, they don't want peace at all... Unfortunately, the Americans are constantly falling for these so-called negotiations. Dmitriev will push the same ideas that Lavrov does. Only Lavrov is the bad cop, while Dmitriev is the good cop. And when Lavrov openly dumps Rubio and those Budapest meetings fall through, Dmitriev again tries to push some 28 points. Then he can make it 3,000 points, then two points..."

The expert recalled that on March 11, 2025, Ukraine signed a protocol with the United States agreeing to an immediate, unconditional ceasefire. 

"So, we don't need 28 points, we need one point: cease fire, and then we can talk about anything. And we know what the Russian side will talk about. Specifically, this nonsense of theirs, aimed at creating conditions for stalling and, of course, lifting sanctions against Russia in order to continue the war and destroy Ukraine.""