The United States has proposed a format for peace talks that would bring Ukrainian and Russian representatives back to the same table, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Speaking to reporters on Dec. 20 in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said the proposed trilateral meeting would take place at the level of 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 advisers] between the US, Ukraine, and Russia,” Zelenskyy said, according to government news agency Ukrinform….
Trump Admin Proposes US–Ukraine–Russia Peace Talks, Zelenskyy Says

