According to Zelensky, the US is proposing direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv | EUROtoday

As of: December 20, 2025 9:11 p.m

According to Ukrainian info, in the course of the negotiations in Miami to finish the struggle in Ukraine, the USA proposed a brand new format for talks. Accordingly, Washington needs to carry representatives from Kyiv and Moscow to the desk.

For the primary time in six months there could possibly be direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia a couple of doable ceasefire within the Russian struggle of aggression. “The US proposes a trilateral meeting of national security advisers: America, Ukraine, Russia,” stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev.

However, he set situations for direct negotiations with representatives from Moscow. “If such a meeting could take place to enable the exchange of prisoners of war or an agreement on a tripartite meeting of heads of state and government, we would support such ‌proposals,” Zelensky stated. “Let’s see how things develop.”

Negotiations in Miami since Friday

On Friday, talks between representatives of the USA, Ukraine and Europe happened in Miami, Florida. The Ukrainian chief negotiator Rustem Umerov and Chief of General Staff Andriy Hnatov, the US particular envoys Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner in addition to representatives of Germany, France and Great Britain had been concerned. The international coverage advisor within the Chancellery, Günter Sautter, was there for Germany.

Today the US negotiators need to meet with representatives of the Russian facet. Russian presidential adviser Kirill Dmitriev confirmed his participation within the negotiations in Florida. He wrote on on-line service X that he was on his strategy to Miami. He additionally shared a peace dove emoji in his submit.

It remains to be unclear whether or not there might be a trilateral dialogue between US, Russian and Ukrainian representatives. Zelensky stated that Kiev would resolve on the format as quickly because it was clear how the bilateral talks went.

Last direct negotiations in Istanbul

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators final formally spoke instantly to one another in July in Istanbul. An alternate of prisoners was agreed upon in the course of the talks, however in any other case they didn’t produce any concrete progress.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied on Friday that his administration needed to stress Ukraine to simply accept a peace cope with Russia. “We can’t force Ukraine into an agreement. We can’t force Russia into an agreement. They have to want an agreement themselves,” Rubio stated. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump once more urged Kiev to maneuver rapidly within the negotiations.

New air strikes in Ukraine

Despite peace efforts, the Russian military continues its air strikes on the Ukrainian Black Sea area of Odessa. According to Ukrainian info, a warehouse for the vital export commodity sunflower oil was hit.

In addition, at the very least one man is claimed to have been killed within the Russian assault. Zelensky stated that Russia was “again trying to restrict Ukraine’s access to the sea and block our coastal regions.”

Russia additionally reviews assaults

Meanwhile, Moscow reported the seize of two villages within the jap Ukrainian areas of Sumy and Donetsk. The Russian armed forces had already attacked the Odessa area with rockets on Friday. The dying toll from these rocket assaults has now risen to eight.

According to regional governor Oleh Kiper, “port infrastructure facilities” had been attacked. According to Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, a bus carrying civilians was additionally hit within the assault. The victims had been “ordinary Ukrainians”.

The Ukrainian secret service SBU introduced that two Russian fighter jets had been destroyed at an airfield in a Ukrainian assault on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula.