Ukraine-Russia battle newest: Trump-backed peace talks ‘constructive,’ Putin’s envoy claims after Kyiv hits Russian ship | EUROtoday

Ending the battle would require that each side “give something” and the US is determining “what each side are ready to offer”, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said yesterday.

“I do not know if Putin needs to do a deal or Putin needs to take the entire nation. These are issues that he has mentioned brazenly,” the secretary of state said.

“We know what they wished to realize initially when the battle started. They have not achieved these goals,” he mentioned.

Ukraine’s foreign ministry is working on a mechanism to provide the country’s citizens living abroad the ability to vote in the country’s next election, president Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday.

“In right this moment’s scenario, the method will likely be difficult because of the variety of Ukrainians (dwelling overseas), however that is exactly the duty of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and so they have already begun engaged on it,” Zelensky said.

“They have contacts with our companions overseas, and for this it’s essential to coordinate the doable infrastructure abroad in order that voting is snug,” the president said.

Editorial: Vladimir Putin must be brought to the point where he no longer has an interest in prolonging the war.

US negotiators met Russian officials in Florida for the latest talks aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Miami meeting 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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev told Reuters reporters after meeting US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner that the talks were constructive and would continue on Sunday.

A White House official said the talks had concluded for the day.

“The discussions are proceeding constructively. They began earlier and will continue today, and will also continue tomorrow,” Dmitriev mentioned.

Marco Rubio, Trump’s top diplomat and national security advisor, had said he might also join the talks.