The first leaks from the talks between the US and Ukrainian delegations. “They're not easy”
— The process is not easy, appropriate formulations and solutions are being sought, the source told AFP. It added that the talks were “constructive” and “everyone wants a specific result to be a topic for further negotiations between the United States and Russia.”
After Sunday's talks, which lasted about four hours, the US Secretary of State spoke. — The meeting with the Ukrainians was very productive. I was in contact with the Russian side. There is a lot of work to be done (…). We just don't want the war to end. We also want Ukraine to be safe forever. May it never be the victim of an invasion again, said Marco Rubio.
Rustem Umerov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), who heads the Ukrainian delegation, described the meeting with the US delegation as “fruitful and successful.”
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According to Axios, President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner are scheduled to present a draft peace plan to Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
At the beginning of Sunday's meeting in Florida, Secretary of State and presidential adviser on national security Marco Rubio emphasized that he was counting on progress in talks on the plan.
— We want to end the killing, death and suffering, and I am sure that Ukrainians (…) want peace. But it is also about bringing about an end to the war that will ensure that Ukraine remains sovereign and independent with a chance for real development, he said.
Rubio added that the goal is to end the conflict in a way that will ensure that Ukraine will never fall victim to war again.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Rustem Umerov, who heads the Ukrainian delegation, thanked the US President at the beginning of the meeting for the peace initiative and for the Americans' actions to end the war.
Earlier on Sunday, Axios wrote, citing a representative of the American authorities, that the Americans wanted to work out the issues of territory and security guarantees during Sunday's talks with the Ukrainian delegation in Florida about the peace plan.
