President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian negotiators will hold talks in the United States on Friday and Saturday and urged President Donald Trump to increase pressure on Russia.
Ukrainian negotiators will visit the United States for talks on Friday and Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday, Reuters reported. He urged President Donald Trump to step up pressure on Russia.
Zelenskyy spoke during a visit to Pryluky, a northern town, after a deadly Russian attack there, Reuters said. He argued that Washington could not negotiate with Russia about future economic projects and at the same time describe the diplomacy as stalled.
Reuters did not name the Ukrainian negotiators or the US officials they will meet. It did not publish an agenda or a venue.
The announcement sets travel dates. It does not report an agreement.
The quote is Zelenskyy's, as carried by Reuters. Moscow's response was not in the report.
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- Zelenskyy said the United States could not negotiate economic projects with Russia while calling the diplomacy stalled.