Officials from Ukraine and the United States have held talks aimed at creating “reliable security guarantees” for Kyiv as part of a Washington-backed peace plan to end Russia’s war.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who met with a Ukrainian delegation led by the head of Kyiv’s National Security and Defence Council, Rustem Umerov, said the discussions on Sunday were “productive” but that there is “more work to be done”.
The talks took place in the US state of Florida, and included Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Witkoff leaves on Monday for Moscow, where he is expected to meet Russian counterparts for talks this week.
He added that there were “a lot of moving parts” in the discussions, and “obviously, there’s another party involved [Russia] here that will have to be a part of the equation”.
Rubio said the US has been in touch “in varying degrees” with the Russians and has “a pretty good understanding of their views as well”.