US, Ukraine describe Miami talks as 'productive' but no major breakthrough

Officials from the United States and Ukraine issued a joint assessment on Sunday characterizing the latest round of peace negotiations in Miami as "productive and constructive," although no substantive breakthrough was announced in the ongoing efforts to resolve the nearly four-year conflict with Russia.

Top representatives of Ukraine and Russia, as well as Kiev's European allies, have been in southern Florida over the past several days for a series of separate talks hosted by US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff.

Despite a flurry of high-level meetings in recent weeks, there have been no clear signals of imminent resolutions to key hurdles on ending the nearly four-year war.

The diplomatic blitz came after Washington last month presented a 28-point plan on the war that was widely seen as echoing the Kremlin's demands.

It has since been redrafted following Ukraine and Europe's involvement, though its contents have not been publicly disclosed.

"Over the last three days in Florida, the Ukrainian delegation held a series of productive and constructive meetings with American and European partners," Witkoff and Ukraine's top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, said in separate statements on X.

They said a bilateral US-Ukraine meeting focused on developing and aligning positions on "four key documents", a "20-point plan," a "Multilateral security guarantee framework," a "US Security guarantee framework for Ukraine" and an "economic & prosperity plan."

"Particular attention was given to discussing timelines and the sequencing of next steps," they said, without announcing any further meetings.

National security advisors from Kiev's European allies "also joined the discussions to align on a shared strategic approach between Ukraine, the United States, and Europe," the statements added.

Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev was also in southern Florida and believed to have met with the US delegation, which includes billionaire real estate developer Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

A video on Russian state media showed Dmitriev arriving in a motorcade to Witkoff's Shell Bay luxury golf club.

The Kremlin on Sunday said recent proposed changes to the plan to end the war were a non-starter.

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Dmitriev "should receive information about what has been developed by the Americans and Europeans" in the plan and report that back to Moscow later, Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state TV.

While little is known of the latest peace plans, Kiev is likely to be expected to surrender some territory, a prospect resented by many Ukrainians, in exchange for US security guarantees.

Though envoys from both Moscow and Kyiv were in town, the Kremlin had earlier ruled out three-way talks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier described the talks as "constructive" and said they were "moving at a fairly rapid pace."

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He nevertheless cautioned that "much depends on whether Russia feels the need to end the war for real."

He also hailed this week as "historic" for Ukraine, thanking Europe for pledging $100 billion of funding over the next two years.

Moscow's troops have been steadily advancing at the eastern front in recent months.

Putin on Friday hailed the Russian army's territorial gains, and threatened more in the coming weeks.

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