Overview

• Andriy Yermak and Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya met Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in New York for what U.S. officials called very productive and constructive talks.
• Participants discussed implementing agreements from the Washington summit and reaffirmed the goal of arranging a leader-level meeting between Ukraine and Russia.
• Ukraine requested an emergency open briefing at the U.N. Security Council following overnight aerial attacks, with Denmark, France, Greece, South Korea, Slovenia and the United Kingdom backing the request.
• Casualty figures from the latest strike on Kyiv differed across reports, with Yermak citing 23 dead including four children and other tallies reporting at least 17 killed and 48 wounded.
• Yermak invited Witkoff to visit Ukraine as supporters such as Marco Rubio, Jonathan Powell and JD Vance praised the envoy’s approach despite reported questions about his experience.