Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro (unseen) in Kyiv on December 20, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. TETIANA DZHAFAROVA / AFP
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday, January 20, that Washington had proposed the first face-to-face negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in half a year, as diplomats converged on Miami for fresh talks on ending the war.
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev said he was heading to Miami, while Ukrainian and European teams were also in the sunny American city for the negotiations, mediated by Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and the US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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Tentative progress toward Ukraine peace deal, but no decisive breakthrough
