Overview
- Zelenskyy, after a report from Ukraine’s security chief Rustem Umerov, said Friday that Kyiv expects U.S. presidential envoys to visit at the turn of spring and summer.
- Umerov’s meetings with U.S. officials in Miami focused on humanitarian issues, prisoner-of-war exchanges, and U.S.-backed security guarantees for Ukraine.
- Trump-aligned intermediaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have met Russian officials in Moscow but have not yet traveled to Kyiv, with a Kyiv Independent source citing wartime train travel as a cause of delay.
- The Kremlin has pushed back on a three-way format, with aide Yuri Ushakov saying talks are inadvisable unless Ukrainian troops leave parts of Donetsk under Kyiv’s control.
- Coverage notes broader talks have slowed as U.S. and Israeli operations targeting Iran drew attention, and any movement on POW swaps could directly affect families waiting for captive soldiers to come home.