Following talks between American and Ukrainian teams that took place in Florida last week, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, called on Sunday for broader consultations with European partners. “We are moving at a fairly fast pace and our team in Florida is working with the American side,” Zelensky said on Telegram, adding that he had a phone conversation with Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy adviser expressed confidence that the prospects for peace in Ukraine are not improved by changes to American proposals made by Europeans and Ukraine, according to Interfax news agency. “This is not a prediction,” Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters.
“I am certain that the proposals that Europeans and Ukrainians have made or are trying to make certainly do not improve the document and do not increase the possibility of achieving long-term peace,” he said.
Changes to American peace proposals under discussion
European and Ukrainian negotiators are discussing changes to a set of American proposals for an agreement that would end the war, which has lasted nearly four years, although it remains unclear exactly what changes have been made to the original American proposals.
American negotiators met with Russian officials in Florida on Saturday.
Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, told reporters after his meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner that the talks were constructive and would continue on Sunday.
Ushakov additionally stated that a meeting between American, Ukrainian and Russian envoys is “not being prepared,” as separate talks have been conducted since Friday in Miami.
“For now, no one has spoken seriously about this initiative, and it is not being prepared, as far as I know,” noted the Russian presidency’s diplomatic adviser, whose statements were cited by Russian news agencies.
