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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said the so-called “Spirit of Anchorage” is “certainly dead,” arguing that any peace initiative developed without Ukraine is doomed to fail, and urged Moscow to engage in direct negotiations to end the war.
Commenting on recent Russian claims that the United States had allegedly abandoned understandings reached during the 2025 Anchorage meeting, Sybiha dismissed the concept altogether, UATV English reports.
“Russians like to talk about the ‘Spirit of Anchorage.’ But like any spirit, no one really knows what it is,” Sybiha wrote on X. “Reality is clear: if the ‘Spirit of Anchorage’ ever existed, it is certainly dead now.”
According to the foreign minister, the main lesson of Anchorage is that “any peace plan designed without Ukraine is destined to become a ghost and disappear.”
Sybiha called on Moscow to abandon what he described as illusions and instead respond to Ukraine’s proposals for direct negotiations.
“Russia should stop believing in ghosts and instead respond to Ukraine’s serious proposals to sit down at the negotiating table and end this war. The longer Putin refuses to accept the reality that he will never achieve any of his battlefield objectives, the worse it will be for Russia,” he said.
Sybiha’s remarks came after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that no agreements on Ukraine had been reached during the August 2025 meeting in Anchorage between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
