Ukraine Peace Talks

US Ukraine peace talks will continue in Miami on Thursday as US special envoy Steve Witkoff prepares to meet Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine’s national security council. The White House confirmed the meeting only a day after Witkoff spent close to five hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

The back to back sessions reflect Washington’s effort to explore a potential path toward ending the conflict, although divisions between Kyiv and Moscow remain deep. The Kremlin said the Moscow meeting delivered no compromise, while US President Trump described it as “reasonably good” and stressed that progress would take …