US EditionExpectations are low for the latest US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine
The talks focused on Ukraine's territorial disputes and security guarantees as Russia occupies nearly 20% of Ukrainian land, with no major breakthroughs expected, officials said.
- Two-Day U.S.-mediated talks in Geneva started Tuesday, with negotiators from Moscow and Kyiv and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner attending.
- Kyiv and Moscow remain deadlocked over territory and security guarantees, as the future of almost 20% of Ukrainian territory and Kyiv's postwar security demands with a U.S. backstop are central issues.
- Almost 400 long-range drones and 29 missiles struck 12 regions overnight, injuring nine people, while heavy airstrikes damaged Odesa's power network, leaving tens of thousands without heat and water.
- With low hopes for a breakthrough, observers note that neither side appears ready to budge despite the U.S. June deadline, and delegations from Russia and Ukraine must report back to national leaders in Moscow and Kyiv.
- Parallel negotiations and military meetings in Geneva meant U.S. indirect talks with Iran coincided with Gen. Alexus Grynkewich and Dan Driscoll attending ceasefire monitoring discussions.
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Negotiations that Russia describes as "very tense" lasted six hours. Ukrainians were led by Rustem Umerov, former defense minister, and Russians by Vladimir Mindinski, presidential adviser.
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Ukrainians and Russians are continuing to hold negotiations in Geneva on Wednesday, with American environments, to try to find a solution to the four years of the war in Ukraine, after yesterday's negotiations have not...
The US envoy Steve Witkoff said this Thursday that negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, in Geneva, to end the war for four years, did "significant progress". "The success of President Trump in bringing together the two sides of this war represented significant progress, and we are proud to work under its leadership to end the carnificin in this terrible conflict," Witkoff wrote in a communiqué.
"President Trump's success in bringing the two sides of this war together has made significant progress," the US negotiator wrote on X after a first day of talks in Geneva between Ukrainians and Russians under American mediation.
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