Andrii Yermak, Head of Ukraine's negotiating team and Head of the Office of the President, has announced the completion of the first round of talks with the US delegation in Geneva, calling the session "very productive". He also said a second meeting will take place on Sunday with the involvement of Ukraine's European partners.

Source : Yermak on X (Twitter)

Details: Yermak has reported that the Ukrainian side has held "a very productive first session with the distinguished American delegation", adding that "very good progress" has been made and that the sides are moving forward towards a just and lasting peace.

Yermak thanked the United States and its President Donald Trump and his team "for their commitment to bring peace".

He added that a second session is scheduled for later on Sunday, during which work on joint proposals with Kyiv's European partners will continue. Final decisions, he said, will be made by Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Background:

• Following reports from the Ukrainian team at the Geneva talks, Zelenskyy said that the US proposals may incorporate a number of elements reflecting Ukrainian perspectives that are vital to its national interests.
• Rustem Umierov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) and a member of Ukraine's delegation at the negotiations in Geneva, has said that the current draft of the "peace plan" already reflects most of Ukraine's key priorities.

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