Ukraine’s top negotiator in Miami for talks, source says

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Ukraine’s top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, has arrived in Miami for a meeting with US representatives, a source said, as peace talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine have stalled in recent months. Kyiv hoped US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would travel to Ukraine earlier this spring, but the visit never happened. Washington’s focus has largely moved away from Ukraine amid the war in Iran. The source did not provide additional details. The US-brokered talks are deadlocked over Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. Moscow demands Kyiv pull troops back from parts of the region it has failed to capture in its four-year full-scale invasion. Ukraine says it will not cede land that it controls. – Ukraine’s top negotiator in Miami for talks, source says