Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine’s Security Council, led the delegation from Kiev and expressed gratitude for efforts to end the war. “The US is listening to us,” Umerov said. “The US is supporting us. The US is working alongside us.”
In addition to Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner participated in these talks on the 28-point North American peace plan, already sent to Russia and which should be discussed this week in Moscow.
Also on Sunday, aboard Air Force One, Donald Trump told journalists that there is a “good chance” of an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, which has been ongoing for almost four years.
He added that the negotiations “are going well” and that “Russia would like this to end”. “And I know Ukraine would like it too,” said Trump, indicating that the Ukrainian side faces “complicated problems”, in reference to the country’s corruption scandal. “It doesn’t help at all,” he added.
This Monday, the head of European diplomacy considered that this week “could be crucial” to reach an agreement that ends the conflict in Ukraine, but criticized the fact that the European Union (EU) is absent from the negotiations.
Kaja Kallas admitted that there were “difficult but productive discussions” between Ukrainian and US authorities to change the proposed peace plan that included 28 initial points, namely the cession of occupied territories to Russia.
“I still don’t know the results [destas reuniões]but I will talk to the Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs of Ukraine”, said the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the entrance to a ministerial meeting in Brussels, capital of Belgium.
Kaja Kallas criticized the exclusion of the European Union from the entire process. “The Ukrainians are there alone [nas reuniões com Washington]if they were with us they would be in a stronger position”, he maintained.
He also criticized the fact that the proposal presented by US President Donald Trump includes a point about reducing by half the number of soldiers forming part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“If there is pressure on the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which have never invaded anyone, there should also be pressure on those of Russia, just look at all the countries it invaded in the last 100 years”, he added, alluding to the countries conquered by the then Soviet Union, including Estonia, and after the dissolution of this bloc.