Top Trump administration officials met with a Ukrainian delegation in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Sunday to advance negotiations on a proposed peace framework intended to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The closed-door talks at the Shell Bay Club focused on revising a 28-point plan previously criticized for leaning heavily toward Russian demands.
The meeting follows intense diplomatic activity and comes as Ukraine faces continued Russian attacks and a major domestic corruption scandal.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner represented the United States.
Ukraine’s delegation was led by Rustem Umerov, secretary of the national security council, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accepted the resignation of his chief of staff Andrii Yermak amid an anti-corruption investigation involving $100 million in alleged energy-sector embezzlement.
Other Ukrainian representatives included armed forces head Andrii Hnatov and presidential adviser Oleksandr Bevz.
The original framework, now described by President Donald Trump as a concept requiring further refinement, had included restrictions on Ukraine’s military size, a NATO membership block, elections within 100 days, and potential cession of the entire Donbas region.
Negotiators signaled that several provisions have been altered, though details were not disclosed.
Trump announced that Witkoff, and possibly Kushner, will travel to Moscow this week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin confirmed Putin will receive Witkoff before departing for India on Thursday.
Russian forces continued large-scale drone and missile strikes over the weekend, killing at least four civilians and wounding dozens in and around Kyiv, including children.
Zelenskyy reported 122 strike drones and ballistic missiles launched Sunday, part of more than 1,400 drones and 66 missiles used by Russia that week.
Ukraine acknowledged damaging a major Russian oil terminal near Novorossiysk, prompting Kazakhstan to protest the attack on infrastructure carrying its oil exports.
Zelenskyy described the U.S. approach as constructive and said the coming days could produce concrete steps toward a dignified end to the war.