US EditionZelenskiy, after speaking with Trump, says talks should lead to leaders' meeting
Zelenskiy and Trump back using March trilateral talks to escalate negotiations to leaders' meeting amid stalled peace efforts over Donbas region.
- On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and US President Donald Trump agreed the early-March trilateral talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner should lead to a leaders' meeting.
- Amid stalled diplomacy, negotiations spearheaded by Trump have so far failed to yield progress, with Kyiv hoping for $US800 billion and the World Bank estimating $US588 billion in rebuild costs.
- Preparatory talks in Geneva on Thursday will feature Ukraine's lead negotiator Rustem Umerov meeting US special envoys Witkoff and Kushner, with Kremlin envoy Dmitriev also attending, sources say.
- Zelenskiy framed leaders-level talks as essential to resolving core issues, supporting sequencing toward early March leaders' meetings, with Ukrainian and US negotiators preparing economic documents in a bilateral meeting.
- As the conflict enters its fifth year, Zelenskiy warned `the difficulties are not at the military level right now...` and emphasized territorial disputes, with Russia pushing for Donetsk control.
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