US and Ukraine Held ‘Constructive’ Talks in Florida, Witkoff Says
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, and US special envoy Steve Witkoff during talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 15.
Photographer: Lisi Niesner/AFP/Getty ImagesUS Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said that President Donald Trump’s officials held “productive and constructive” meetings with Ukrainian and European counterparts in Florida as part of efforts to end Russia’s war.
The talks included Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov and other European security advisers, Witkoff said in a post on X. Topics discussed included further developing the existing 20-point peace blueprint, a US security guarantee framework and the economic development plan for Ukraine, he said.