Fruitful Ukraine talks – but no breakthrough

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Updated 21.08 | Published 17.18

 

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj outside 10 Downing Street in London at the end of October. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/TT

The peace talks in Miami in recent days have been “very constructive”, according to Volodymyr Zelenskyj. But no major breakthrough has been reported.

The Ukrainian president writes on social media that he spoke with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during the negotiations in Florida on Saturday.

The conversation, which was also attended by parts of the Ukrainian delegation in the US, was fruitful, writes Zelenskyj.

“Ukraine is determined to continue working in good faith with the American side to truly achieve peace,” he writes.

“(We) discussed the key issues that can guarantee an end to the bloodbath and eliminate the threat of a third Russian invasion,” Zelenskyy continues, referring to the Russian attacks on the country in 2014 and 2022.

Zelenskyy will now await a meeting with his own negotiators to receive a detailed report on the talks, before he travels to London on Monday for a meeting with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany.

There, the Ukrainian president and the trio of Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz are to discuss the US-led negotiations.