US and Ukraine say ‘real progress’ toward peace depends on Russia, after second day of talks in Miami

By Agencies 6 December 2025, 1:42 am

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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, US special envoy Steve Witkoff, right, and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, accompanied by Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev, are seen before a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on December 2, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov/Pool/AFP)

US and Ukrainian officials will on Saturday continue discussions on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, the US State Department says at the end of the second day of meetings in Miami involving US Special Envoy Steven Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Ukraine’s senior negotiator Rustem Umerov.

“Both parties agreed that real progress toward any agreement depends on Russia’s readiness to show serious commitment to long-term peace, including steps toward de-escalation and cessation of killings,” the State Department says in a statement.

They “also agreed on the framework of security arrangements and discussed necessary deterrence capabilities to sustain a lasting peace,” it adds.