Zelenskyy shares update on Geneva talks progress
Photo: Volodymyr Zelenskyy (t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official)
During two days of negotiations in Geneva, delegations from Ukraine, Russia, and the US made significant progress on military issues, but discussions on political issues were difficult, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells reporters.
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"As for the substance of the negotiations, well, first of all, you know, there are two areas: military and political. Here, I want to say that all three sides were constructive in the military area. In my opinion, in principle, the military understands how to monitor the ceasefire and end the war," Zelenskyy says.
According to him, the military, in principle, agreed on almost everything. Monitoring will definitely involve the American side, and this is a constructive signal.
"All other details – where, how to monitor, technical nuances – all this will be reported to me by General Hnatov in more detail upon his return," the President of Ukraine adds.
The head of state also notes that the political component includes all sensitive issues: the East, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, etc.
"We see that there is progress, but so far the positions are different because the negotiations were not easy. That is, I heard about progress in the military direction. In the political direction, there was dialogue, and we agreed to move forward," the head of state sums up.
Zelenskyy also stresses that since the negotiating team cannot report all the details over the phone, there will be more understanding of the results of the negotiations upon their return.
Negotiations in Geneva
On February 17-18, the third round of trilateral negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine took place in Geneva.
On the eve of the talks, the Ukrainian authorities announced that they planned to discuss how the monitoring mission would operate in the event of a ceasefire, as well as raise the issue of an energy truce.
After the first day of the meeting, President Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine confirms its readiness to cease attacks and move towards a peace agreement, but expects a clear position from Russia.
Subsequently, US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced that significant progress had been made after the first day of negotiations.
For more details on the progress of the negotiations and their results, read the RBC-Ukraine's report.
