“President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that representatives of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umyerov and Andriy Hnatov, are on their way from the USA to Europe, where they will provide the president with detailed information about “nuances that the Americans are ready to modify” in negotiations with Ukraine and the Russian Federation.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Volodymyr Zelenskyi, photo OP Source: President’s address on the evening of December 7
Direct speech: “Representatives of Ukraine recently held substantive conversations with representatives of the President of the United States of America, and now the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umyerov and Andriy Hnatov, Chief of the General Staff, are on their way to Europe. I expect from them detailed information about everything, everything that was said to the American representatives in Moscow, about the nuances that the Americans are ready to modify in the negotiations with us, with the “Russians”.
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Yesterday we spoke with Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner – I thank you for your willingness to work together 24/7. The American representatives know the basic Ukrainian positions, it was a constructive, albeit difficult, conversation. We continue to work. Some things can only be discussed in person: Umerov and Hnatov will report to me, and I will also talk to the leaders of Europe – we have scheduled meetings in London, as well as in Brussels.”
Details: Zelensky announced consultations with European leaders next week.
“First of all, security issues, support for our stability, support packages for our defense. First of all, air defense, long-term financing for Ukraine. Of course, we will also talk about a common view, common positions in the negotiations,” he said.
What preceded: On December 6, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, along with members of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation Rustem Umyerov and Andrii Hnatov, held a conversation with US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
According to the American publication Axios, the conversation lasted two hours, and the discussion of the territorial issue was “difficult”.
4, On December 5 and 6, Umerov and Hnatov held meetings with Witkoff and Kushner in Miami.