Overview
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the three-way Russia–Ukraine–U.S. format is on pause and its duration depends on U.S. scheduling.
- Peskov stated the March 21 meetings will be bilateral between Ukrainian representatives and the United States, adding Moscow hopes the trilateral format resumes soon.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the political wing of Ukraine’s team is traveling to the United States, naming Rustem Umerov, Kyrylo Budanov, David Arakhamia and Serhiy Kyslytsia among participants.
- The Kremlin said the Russia–U.S. economic working group continues and that contacts with Ukraine on prisoner exchanges and the return of fallen soldiers’ bodies are ongoing.
- The last trilateral round was held in Geneva on February 17–18, and an early‑March meeting planned for Abu Dhabi was postponed, with reporting attributing the delay to a U.S.-initiated change related to operations involving Iran.