“Ukraine is determined to keep working in good faith with the American side to genuinely achieve peace. We agreed on the next steps and formats for talks with the United States,” Mr Zelensky said on X.
Mr Witkoff and Mr Kushner had held two days of talks with Ukraine’s senior negotiator Rustem Umerov in Miami this week, which both sides called “constructive discussions on advancing a credible pathway toward a durable and just peace in Ukraine”.
Mr Witkoff had been expected to brief Mr Umerov on his meeting in Moscow this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Mr Zelensky said he was waiting for Mr Umerov to give him a detailed report in person in Kyiv.
“Not everything can be discussed over the phone, so we need to work closely with our teams on ideas and proposals,” Mr Zelensky said.
“Our approach is that everything must be workable – every crucial measure for peace, security, and reconstruction.”
Yuri Ushakov, the Kremlin’s top foreign policy adviser, said that Mr Putin and Mr Witkoff had achieved a level of understanding that made their discussions “truly friendly.”
Mr Putin met Mr Witkoff and Mr Kushner for five hours in the Kremlin and focused on a US-backed plan for a settlement of the war in Ukraine, where Russia launched a full-scale invasion in 2022.
Mr Putin later described the talks as “very useful”.
