Ukraine to hold separate meetings with European, US representatives

KYIV - Ukraine's delegation for peace negotiations is planning to hold separate meetings with European and US representatives following the recent US-Russia talks in Moscow, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.

In a post on the social media platform X, Zelensky announced that Ukrainian negotiators would meet with national security advisors to European leaders on Wednesday.

Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's secretary of national security and defense council, and Andrii Hnatov, chief of the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces, will represent Ukraine at the meetings.

"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," Zelensky said.

After meeting European officials, Umerov and Hnatov will prepare for a meeting with envoys of US President Donald Trump, he added.

"Ukraine will work constructively in pursuit of real peace," Zelensky said.

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff held a meeting in Moscow.

Zelensky said earlier that the most sensitive things and the most difficult issues in the peace talks concern territories, frozen Russian assets, and security guarantees for Ukraine.