Zelenskyy sends ex-defense minister Umerov to the US to finalize peace plan
Photo: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (president.gov.ua)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined the key tasks for the delegation at the talks in the United States.
"Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and head of the Ukrainian delegation Rustem Umerov, together with the team, is already on the way to the United States. Rustem delivered a report today, and the task is clear: to swiftly and substantively work out the steps needed to end the war,” Zelenskyy said.
According to him, Ukraine continues to work in the most constructive way possible with America, and everyone expects that the results of the meetings in Geneva will now be finalized in the United States.
“I look forward to our delegation's report following its work this Sunday. Ukraine is working for a dignified peace,” he added.
What Umerov says
Rustem Umerov also noted that the Ukrainian delegation is already on its way to the United States to continue work on coordinating further steps aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace.
“In the morning, I was in contact with the President of Ukraine: I reported on the state of preparations, key positions, and expected results of the next stage of the talks. In the United States, we will continue coordinating all the developments that were formed during the meetings in Geneva,” he added.
According to him, Ukraine continues systematic and constructive diplomatic work in pursuit of a just peace.
Peace talks on ending the war
This week, peace negotiations continued, once again moving off dead center with the arrival in Ukraine of the new US envoy Dan Driscoll.
According to RBC-Ukraine’s sources, the parties managed to agree on most of the provisions of the US plan. A significant part of the disputed points was adjusted. Among other things, this concerns the size of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the format of prisoner exchanges, and the return of convicted persons.
Also last week, US President Donald Trump announced that he is sending his special envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow and US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to Kyiv. American officials will discuss the peace plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Earlier, Trump, as well as Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, stated that Witkoff would arrive in Moscow next week.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has already said that he wants to discuss the legal recognition of Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories as Russian.
According to The Telegraph, Trump is ready to recognize Russia’s control over the occupied territories of Ukraine. The outlet writes that he is sending not only Witkoff to Moscow but also his son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Earlier, Zelenskyy approved by decree the composition of the delegation that will take part in peace talks with the United States as well as with representatives of Russia.
Read the main points about this week’s peace talks in the RBC-Ukraine article.
