Ukraine starts new round of talks with US, Kyiv negotiator says

Ukrainian peace negotiators will start a new round of talks on Friday with the U.S. team on proposals for ending the war with Russia, said the head of

Kyiv's delegation, Rustem Umerov.



Umerov, who is in the United States for the talks, also said on the Telegram messaging app that Kyiv's European partners would be involved. "We are constructively minded. We have already held preliminary consultations with our European colleagues and are preparing for further discussions with the American side,"



Umerov said. "... Ukraine’s security must be guaranteed reliably and in the long term." U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is pushing to bring an end to nearly four years of the war.



White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, held talks in Berlin with Ukrainian and European officials earlier this week.