Overview
- The State Department said Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held two days of constructive meetings in Florida with Rustem Umerov and General Andrii Hnatov, marking their sixth session in two weeks, and the parties will reconvene on Saturday.
- Both delegations agreed on the framework of security arrangements and discussed deterrence capabilities needed to sustain a lasting peace.
- The sides also reviewed a future prosperity agenda focused on postwar reconstruction, joint U.S.–Ukraine economic initiatives, and long-term recovery projects.
- A joint summary emphasized that any real progress depends on Russia demonstrating a serious commitment to long-term peace, including concrete steps toward de-escalation and ending the killings.
- The Florida meetings followed a five-hour Kremlin session where aide Yuri Ushakov called the talks useful but said no compromise had been reached, with territorial questions still unresolved.