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Ukrainian and US negotiators to meet tomorrow

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet the Ukrainian delegation for continued peace talks on Sunday, a US government source told Reuters.

The Ukrainian delegation that flew to the US is led by Security Council Chairman Rustem Umerov and Deputy Foreign Minister Serhiy Kyslytsya. President Zelensky's chief of staff Andriy Yermak, who resigned yesterday, has previously led the negotiations.

Early next week, Witkoff and Kushner will travel to Russia to meet Putin. According to The Telegraph, they will then announce that the US recognizes Donbas and Crimea as Russian territories.

Zelensky faces crucial negotiations: "The US is constructive"

Negotiations will be held in Florida on Sunday that could be fatal for Ukraine. The Ukrainian delegation – now led by Security Council Chairman Rustem Umerov after Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak abruptly resigned – is meeting Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio, envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The deadline Trump gave Ukraine to accept the peace plan he developed with Russia – Thanksgiving – passed on Thursday. After the talks, Witkoff and Kushner will travel on to Russia, where, according to sources to The Telegraph, they will inform Putin that the US recognizes Crimea and Donbas as Russian.

However, Zelensky is positive about the talks, reports the Kyiv Independent.

– The American side is showing a constructive attitude, and in the coming days it is possible to chart the path to a dignified peace, he says in his daily speech.

Trump’s ex-adviser: Putin is playing with Trump in Russian

Vladimir Putin has Donald Trump around his little finger and can easily manipulate him. This is what Trump's former national security adviser Fiona Hill says in an interview with The Independent's podcast "World of trouble".

Hill was present when Trump met Putin in Japan in 2019. Since she speaks fluent Russian, she heard how Putin sometimes flattered Trump, sometimes joked at his expense. The jokes about Trump used to be glossed over by the American translators.

Fiona Hill dismisses all speculation that Trump is friendly to Putin because Russia has compromising information about the American president. Trump is simply a big admirer of his Russian colleague, she claims.

- He has a "man crush". It's because Putin is so tough. He is what Trump would like to be.