The United States and Ukraine held a meeting on Sunday in Florida to discuss how to end the war after the Russian invasion, talks that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as… … As “highly productive”. However, he warned against this “There is still more work to do”.
“We had it Another very productive sessionBased on the findings in Geneva and this week’s events, there is more work to be done. This is accurate. “It’s complicated,” Rubio told reporters. For his part, Secretary of the Ukrainian Security Council, Rustam Umarov, who headed the Kiev delegation, also spoke in these words.
The negotiations in Florida come as Kiev faces increasing military and political pressure, as well as the consequences Internal corruption scandal. In these talks, Washington presented a plan to end the nearly four-year-old conflict and seeks to finalize it with the approval of Moscow and Kiev.
Negotiations, which take place after others held in Geneva, could lay the foundation for this An upcoming visit by the President’s envoy to Moscow Donald Trump and Steve Witkoff, who was also present at the meeting, are expected to talk about Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
As for the Ukrainian delegation, the Secretary of the Security Council was at the forefront. Rustam Umarovdespite the presence of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Andrey Hnatov, and Presidential Advisor Oleksandr Peeves. Although they described the talks as “fruitful and successful,” a source close to Kiev’s envoys told AFP that “the process is not easy because the search for formulas and solutions continues.”
Another source familiar with the negotiations told AFP that Washington “really wants… The final points were agreed upon» Before returning to dialogue with Moscow. He added, “The wording is complicated, especially with regard to the regions, because (the Americans) consider themselves exclusively mediators, not a party.”
28 point eraser
An initial 28-point American proposalThe resolution, drafted without the participation of Ukraine’s European allies, demands that Kiev withdraw from the eastern Donetsk region, and that Washington de facto recognize the Donetsk, Crimea and Luhansk regions as Russian regions.
The United States modified the original draft after criticism from Kyiv and Europe, however Current content remains uncertain. After negotiations in Florida, French President Emmanuel Macron will receive Zelensky on Monday for talks in Paris.
On the other hand, Rubio He will not attend the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Wednesday and Thursday in Brussels, despite allied concerns about the US plan on Ukraine. However, Vitkov is expected to head to Moscow for talks with Putin.
This diplomatic madness comes at a time when the war, which has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of civilians and military personnel and displaced millions of Ukrainians, shows no signs of stopping. next to, Ukraine attacked two tankers from Russia’s “ghost fleet” on Friday.