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US’s latest effort to end nearly 4-year-old war in Russia ukraine There has been a frenzy of diplomatic activity.
Negotiators and officials from the US, Ukraine and other countries Russia A flurry of meetings have taken place around the world in recent weeks to discuss a potential deal.
Here’s a timeline of the key talks.
November 19: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Turkey in what he said was an effort to start talks on ending the war. The reports came soon after a 28-point peace plan drawn up by the US and Russia that critics say is heavily tilted in Moscow’s favor.
November 20: US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll traveled to the Ukrainian capital and met with Zelensky to brief him on the US-backed peace proposal.
November 23: US Secretary of State marco rubio A Ukrainian delegation led by then-Presidential Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak met for talks in Geneva. Both sides say progress has been made but provide few details. Yermak also meets with European security officials.
November 24–25: Driscoll meets with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Yuri Ushakov, a foreign policy adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, says the parties do not discuss the new peace plan in detail.
November 30: A Ukrainian delegation led by Rustam Umerov met with US officials. FloridaUmerov replaced Yermak, who resigned amid a corruption scandal involving the country’s energy sector,
December 1: Zelensky flew to Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron and brief him on the outcome of the Florida talks, while a US delegation was heading to Moscow for talks with Russian officials.
December 2: Putin meets for five hours in the Kremlin with Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Putin’s senior adviser Ushakov were also present. Ushakov described the meeting as constructive, but said a lot of work still needed to be done.
December 2: Zelensky met in Ireland with a Ukrainian delegation returning from Florida. At a press conference he said Ukraine was waiting for signals from the US delegation following its meetings in Russia.
December 4: A Ukrainian delegation flew back to Florida to meet with members of the US team visiting Moscow.