Overview
- Zelensky said he spoke with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Christmas Day about ending the war.
- He reported discussing new ideas on formats, meetings and timing, along with certain substantive details to move talks forward.
- Ukraine's top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, joined the call and will keep discussions going with the U.S. envoys.
- Zelensky thanked the envoys for a constructive approach, while Ukraine has rejected plan elements that entail major territorial concessions.
- Russia's Foreign Ministry said officials are seeing slow but steady progress in contacts with the United States.