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Will the conflict with Russia end? Zelensky sends Ukraine's chief negotiator to the US for talks
2026-05-07 17:59:53 / BOTA
Ukraine's chief negotiator, Rustem Umerov, will hold talks with US officials in Florida on Thursday on how to end the full-scale Russian occupation, Kiev said on Thursday, amid negotiations stalled over the war with Iran.
"The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine will hold a series of meetings today with the envoys of the President of the United States," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in a post on X.
Zelenskyy said Kiev had "defined the main tasks," which include discussing a possible prisoner exchange with Russia and security guarantees for a post-war Ukraine.
"Rustem and I discussed the work with our European partners on the Drone Agreements. We are preparing the agreements reached at the highest level, as well as new steps in joint technological work," Zelenskyy wrote.
US-brokered talks to end Europe's worst conflict since World War II have shown little progress since February, when Washington shifted focus to its war with Iran.
Umerov last met with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in Florida between March 21 and 22.
Since returning to office, Trump has pushed Moscow and Kiev to negotiate, but months of talks have failed to bring the warring parties closer to an agreement to stop the fighting, sparked by Russia's full-scale invasion four years ago.
The already stalled talks were put on the back burner since late February, when the US-Israeli air campaign against Iran began.
Even before the war in the Middle East, Russia and Ukraine remained at odds over the key issue of territory.
Ukraine has proposed freezing the conflict along the current front lines.
But Russia has rejected this, saying it wants the entire Donetsk region despite it being partially controlled by Ukraine, a demand that Kiev calls unacceptable.
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