A new round of trilateral negotiations on settling the conflict in Ukraine has been agreed by Russia and the United States. This was stated by presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.
According to him, few believed in the possibility of resuming such a format. "People did not believe that we would manage to resume trilateral negotiations. We resumed them and agreed on a new meeting," he said on CNN, commenting on the results of the visit of Donald Trump's special envoys to Moscow.
The American negotiators arrived in the Russian capital in the morning, having come from Abu Dhabi. There, a day earlier, trilateral consultations of representatives of Moscow, Washington and Kiev had ended. The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, noted that the parties had managed to move closer to peace, but much now depends on all participants in the process.
During today's meeting, the head of state proposed creating a humanitarian mission to evacuate the civilian population of Konstantinovka. He indicated that Russia would need five days to demine the territory near the city. Putin stressed that Russia controls Konstantinovka and is ready to ensure the security of the operation.
Witkoff said he would inform Vladimir Zelensky about the results of the talks with Putin. Kushner, for his part, said that the US had already begun discussing a new security architecture on the continent with European representatives.