US–Russia Peace Talks in Florida ‘Proceeding Constructively,’ Kremlin Envoy Says

Russian investment chief Kirill Dmitriev said reporters in Miami that weekend peace talks in Florida between U.S., Russian and Ukrainian representatives are "proceeding constructively" as the Trump administration presses to broker a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

"The discussions are proceeding constructively. They began earlier and will continue today, and will also continue tomorrow," Dmitriev said Saturday in Miami.

Dmitriev attended the meetings alongside U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, who was instrumental in negotiating the Abraham Accords during the president’s first term.

Ukraine’s chief negotiator said Friday that his delegation was in the United States to hold separate talks with American and European teams as part of the process. President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on Telegram on Sunday that talks were "moving forward quite quickly, and our team in Florida has been working with the American side."

Diplomats have been working to narrow core differences over a U.S.-drafted peace proposal aimed at resolving the conflict. Early versions of the draft were criticized for appearing to favor Moscow, but U.S. officials said this week that the latest proposal would include unspecified security guarantees for Ukraine.

Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters in Russia on Sunday that he remained skeptical that adjustments to the original draft would materially improve prospects for a lasting settlement, and he noted he had not seen the newest proposal, Reuters reported. "I am sure that the proposals that the Europeans and Ukrainians have made or are trying to make definitely do not improve the document and do not improve the possibility of achieving long-term peace," Ushakov said, according to Reuters.

Reporting on the meetings includes contributions from Reuters and The Associated Press.