Ukraine-Russia war latest: US and Kyiv to hold peace talks after Russia bombards Ukraine with missiles and drones
Ukrainian negotiators are set to meet US officials on Thursday to discuss the country’s post-war reconstruction, after the last round of trilateral talks in Geneva ended abruptly and without clear progress.
Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters that the teams will discuss a US ‘prosperity package’ and work towards another trilateral meeting involving Russia.
The Ukrainian president said following a call with Donald Trump on Wednesday that he expected the next round of trilateral peace talks to follow in March.
“We expect this meeting to create an opportunity to move talks to the leaders’ level. President Trump supports this sequence of steps,” Zelensky wrote on social media.
“This is the only way to resolve all the complex and sensitive issues and finally end the war.”
Russia continued to pound Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight, injuring around 20 people in the eastern and southern regions and damaging residential buildings, according to local authorities.
Ballistic and cruise missiles were directed at Kyiv, the Kyiv region and Kharkiv in the east of the country, while drones attacked Zaporizhzhia in the south.
