Ukrainian negotiator says continues in Davos

Ukraine's top negotiator Rustem Umerov say that talks with U.S. officials on a resolution of the nearly four-year-old war with Russia would continue at the World Economic Forum opening this week in the Swiss resort of Davos.



Umerov, after the two days of talks ⁠in Florida with a U.S. team including envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, had focused on security guarantees and a post-war recovery plan for Ukraine.



He gave no indication whether any agreements had been achieved at the meeting.



The two sides, in the latest of a series of meetings intended to work out the details of an agreement, had "discussed in depth" the two issues, "focusing on practical mechanisms and carrying out and implementing them."



Umerov said his delegation had reported on Russian strikes last week which badly damaged Ukraine's energy infrastructure and left hundreds of apartment buildings with no heating or electricity.



President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said it was important ⁠to outline the dire effects of the Russian strikes as they demonstrated that Russia was not interested in diplomacy.