The United States has proposed a format for peace talks that would bring Ukrainian and Russian representatives back to the same table, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Speaking to reporters on Dec. 20 in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said the proposed trilateral meeting would take place at the level of the Ukrainian Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov, and his U.S. and Russian counterparts.
“As for Umerov, he called me and said that the US is now proposing a trilateral meeting of [national security advisors] between the US, Ukraine, and Russia,” Zelenskyy said, according to government news agency Ukrinform....