US and Russian officials are set to meet in Miami this weekend for fresh discussions on President Donald Trump’s proposal to end the war in Ukraine, a White House official told AFP on Wednesday.
The meeting follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s remarks welcoming progress after two days of talks in Berlin between Kyiv and Trump’s envoys, even as he cautioned that Moscow was gearing up for a “new year of war.”
Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner are expected to represent the United States, while Russia’s delegation is likely to include Putin’s economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev, according to Politico.
The White House official declined to provide further details on the composition of the US and Russian teams.
The planned talks come amid a surge in international diplomatic efforts in recent weeks aimed at ending Russia’s nearly four-year invasion, following meetings in November at the Kremlin between Witkoff, Kushner and Putin, as well as discussions in Berlin involving Ukrainian and European leaders.
Despite these efforts, significant differences persist on all sides.
Ukraine and the United States say progress has been made on potential future security guarantees for Kyiv, but sharp disagreements remain over which territories Ukraine might be required to relinquish.
Putin, for his part, said on Wednesday that Moscow would “certainly” achieve its objectives in the conflict, including taking control of the territories it claims as its own.
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