Zelenskiy says Ukrainian negociator in talk with EU rep

3/12/2025 18:56

Senior Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov will hold talks in Brussels Wednesday with European leaders' national security advisers and then visit the United States.



Umerov was speaking after U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for talks.



The Kremlin said on Wednesday no compromise had been reached on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.



Zelensky said "Ukrainian representatives will brief their colleagues in Europe on what is known following yesterday’s contacts by the American side in Moscow, and they will also discuss the European component of the necessary security architecture," .



After visiting Brussels, Umerov and Andrii Hnatov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, will begin preparations for a meeting with Trump envoys in the U.S..



A leaked set of 28 U.S. draft peace proposals emerged last week, alarming Ukrainian and European officials who said it bowed to Moscow's main demands on NATO, Russian control of a fifth of Ukraine and restrictions on Ukraine's army.