The second day of talks in Geneva between representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the United States ended after roughly two hours right now, in response to Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky.
Medinsky, who led the delegation for Moscow, described the talks as “difficult, but businesslike,” and mentioned a brand new spherical would happen “in the near future.”
The head of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov, mentioned the talks had been “intensive and substantive” and introduced “some progress.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who didn’t attend however acquired a debrief, instructed reporters there have been developments however that every facet’s “positions still differ and negations were not easy ones.”
Just as right now’s talks had been starting, Zelensky accused Russia of “trying to drag out negotiations.”
The Ukrainian chief additionally thanked the US delegation – comprising of Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s particular envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law – for his or her “attention to detail” and “patience” of their conversations with the Russian negotiators.
Witkoff mentioned yesterday that the primary day of talks had made “meaningful progress” towards ending the conflict that subsequent week is ready to enter its fifth 12 months.
NCS’s Anna Chernova, Christian Edwards and Lauren Kent contributed to this reporting.