A White House envoy said Sunday he held “productive and constructive” talks in Florida with Ukrainian and European representatives to end the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine. Posting on social media, Steve Witkoff said the talks aimed at aligning on a shared strategic approach between Ukraine, the United States and Europe. Trump has unleashed an extensive diplomatic push to end the war, but his efforts have run into sharply conflicting demands by Moscow and Kyiv.

A senior Kremlin official played down the chances of swift progress on Ukraine peace talks as separate meetings in Florida between US and Russian envoys and US and Ukrainian officials wrapped up on December 21.

Zelenskyy had said that Washington had mooted the trilateral format.

Finland's president says Russia-Ukraine peace talks are closer to success, crediting President Donald Trump's envoys for working around the clock on negotiations.

MIAMI: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday (Dec 20) that Washington had proposed the first face-to-face negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in six months, as diplomats converged on