Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv officials arrive in US for crucial peace talks with Trump envoys
Ukraine’s peace negotiators arrived in the United States on Saturday for talks on details of a proposed agreement to end the four-year war with Russia, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office said.
Kyrylo Budanov said the delegation would meet with White House envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll.
“Ukraine needs a just peace. We are working to achieve results,” Mr Budanov, a former military intelligence chief, said on the Telegram app.
Diplomats have raised concerns that the Trump-led body could act as a parallel alternative to the UN, with details of its mandate and membership expected to be unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos next week.
It comes as Volodymyr Zelensky said documents for a deal between Ukraine and the US on the war in Ukraine could be signed at Davos.
During the talks, Zelensky said his team would seek clarity from the US on the Russian stance towards diplomatic efforts to end the war. Moscow has refused to budge on its maximalist demands for a peace deal.
