Zelensky says planning ‘next steps’ after meeting with US negotiators
US negotiators met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin over the weekend in a bid to restart talks on ending the four-and-a-half-year war.
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday that his team is preparing the next steps after discussions with US and European officials over the weekend. The specifics of these upcoming measures were not disclosed by Zelensky. US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who met with Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, aimed to restart peace talks to end the four-and-a-half year conflict.
According to a senior Ukrainian presidential source, Witkoff and Kushner presented more effective proposals for bringing the war to an end, though neither Moscow nor Kyiv announced a breakthrough in the negotiations. Zelensky confirmed during a Facebook post that he had a meeting with the Ukrainian negotiating team in the aftermath of the talks, emphasizing their coordination of forthcoming meetings and communications.
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