U.S., Ukrainian and European officials are due to meet in Switzerland on Sunday for talks on the contentious American-Russian peace plan put to Kyiv this week.
U.S., Ukrainian and European officials are due to meet in Switzerland on Sunday for talks on the contentious American-Russian peace plan put to Kyiv this week, with terms critics say constitute a Ukrainian capitulation.
A U.S. delegation that includes Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Ukrainian officials in Geneva, a top U.S. official Saturday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post to social media on Sunday that his advisers would also be meeting with French, German and British representatives in the Swiss city.
A U.S. official that there are plans for the U.S. delegation to hold a separate meeting with a Russian delegation. No details were provided about the location of the planned meeting with the Russians.
In his social media post, Zelenskyy urged foreign partners to further strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses, as long-range nightly Russian strikes continue. On Saturday night into Sunday morning, Russia launched 98 drones into Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian air force. Sixty-nine of the craft were shot down or suppressed.
«In parallel with the diplomatic track, we must do everything to strengthen our defense against such wicked Russian attacks», Zelenskyy wrote.
