On Sunday, December 21st, the Kremlin denied that three-way talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. were being planned, despite Ukrainian claims that Washington had floated the idea.
If adopted, the proposal would lead to the first direct Moscow-Kyiv negotiations in six months. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said the proposed format could include European representatives—but expressed scepticism about its chances of success.
A senior Kremlin aide, Yuri Ushakov, said the trilateral proposal was not under serious discussion and that Moscow had not seen a revised U.S. peace plan. Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who travelled to Miami, accused European participants of hindering the process, suggesting direct talks with Ukraine were unlikely.
Talks in Miami were taking place under American mediation formally led by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner—and White House representative Steve Witkoff—with Ukrainian and European delegations in attendance. According to officials, the U.S. presented a draft plan offering security guarantees to Ukraine but also includes the transfer of certain territories to Russia: a condition many Ukrainians would find unacceptable.
Florida’s diplomatic meeting did not prevent renewed Russian attacks on Ukraine over the weekend.
