The latest idea from the United States to end the war in Ukraine is to start three-way peace talks. The White House has offered to chair in-person talks between U.S., Russian and Ukrainian officials.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded that he was not sure the meeting would result in anything new, but that it was worth holding since similar talks in Turkey resulted in the return of captured soldiers and civilians. “I am very happy that we have had exchanges. And whether a meeting can now take place which unblocks the exchanges, or whether the outcome of a trilateral meeting could be an agreement on a trilateral meeting of the leaders, because there are complex issues which the leaders must resolve. Therefore, I cannot object to it; we support the American proposal. We will see how it develops,” Zelensky said, according to Interfax-Ukraine.
U.S. negotiators met with Russian officials in Florida on Saturday, following discussions the United States had with Ukrainian and European officials on Friday.
Washington’s initiative to reactivate the negotiation process on Ukraine revolves around this point. appointment in Miami, where the Russian envoy Kirill Dimitriev met with interlocutors from the Trump administration. From Moscow, the message is that Discussions are progressing in a “constructive” mannerwhile kyiv repeats that any format will only make sense if it produces measurable results and does not involve territorial transfers.
The formula proposed by Washington includes the possibility of an unusual three-way format (Ukraine, United States and Russia) and, potentially, European participation in a certain phase. But in the United States, there seems to be a realization that there will be no viable deal unless Ukraine approves it, an idea the secretary of state reiterated: Marco Rubio: “This whole story that we are trying to impose something on Ukraine is absurd.”
Dimitriev – closely linked to the economic world and used by the Kremlin as an emissary on this channel to a business-oriented US administration – met in Miami with the US envoy Steve Wittkoff And Jared Kushneras part of a cycle promoted by the White House to probe positions.
The talks will continue today, Sunday. A Reuters source within the Russian delegation ruled out a direct meeting between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in Miami.
Without abandoning the territory
On December 19, the American and Ukrainian delegations met. Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Roustem Umerovis currently in Miami and is leading these consultations with the American side on a “peace plan” to end the war.
President Zelensky said Ukraine supports proposals to keep the front line where it is without having to give up territory it still controls in Ukraine’s industrial region. Donbassin eastern Ukraine: “For me it is absolutely right that we stay where we are now.”
Ukrainian drones attacked youAn oil platform in the Russian Filanovsky fieldin the Caspian Sea, more than 700 kilometers from the nearest border with Ukraine, as well as the Military patrol boat Ojotnik and other facilities, the Ukrainian military general staff reported in a statement on Saturday. The ship was patrolling near the platform.
The attack is another blow in kyiv’s recent campaign of attacks on Russian-linked maritime targets far from the Ukrainian battlefield.
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