FILE – Foreign policy advisor to Russian President Yuri Ushakov, left, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, center, US special envoy Steve Witkov, foreground right, and special presidential representative of the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev, behind Witkov, arrive for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin Senate Palace in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025.
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Peace talks on a US-proposed plan to end Ukraine’s nearly four-year-old war are moving forward “constructively” in Florida, a Kremlin envoy said.
The talks are part of the Trump administration’s months-long push for peace that also included meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin earlier this week.
The Russian RIA Novosti news agency quoted Kirill Dmitriev as telling reporters on Saturday, “The discussions are proceeding constructively. They began earlier and will continue today and will also continue tomorrow.”
The agency reported that Dmitriev met with US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in Miami.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that much will depend on the US position after discussions with the Russians. This came a day after the chief Ukrainian negotiator announced that his delegation had completed separate meetings in the United States with American and European partners.
Trump launched a massive diplomatic campaign to end the war, but his efforts faced sharply conflicting demands from Moscow and Kiev. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently indicated that he is sticking to his maximum demands from Ukraine, even as Russian forces advance on the battlefield despite heavy casualties.
Putin on Friday expressed confidence that the Kremlin would achieve its military goals if Kiev did not agree to Russian terms in the peace talks.
European Union leaders agreed on Friday to provide Ukraine with 90 billion euros ($106 billion) to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years, despite failing to settle disputes with Belgium that would have allowed them to use frozen Russian assets to raise funds. Instead, they were borrowed from the capital markets.