US negotiators met Russian officials in Florida for the latest talks aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Miami meeting yesterday followed US talks on Friday with Ukrainian and European officials, the latest discussions of a peace plan that has sparked some hope of a resolution to the conflict that began in February 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev told reporters after meeting US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner that the talks were constructive and would continue today. Mr Dmitriev said that the discussions are proceeding constructively. 

US, Ukrainian and European officials earlier this week reported progress on security guarantees for Kyiv as part of the talks to end the war, but it remains unclear if those terms will be acceptable to Moscow.

In Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday that Ukraine would back a US proposal for three-sided talks with the United States and Russia if it facilitated more exchanges of prisoners and paved the way for meetings of national leaders.