The Ukrainian delegation heads home from the United States after controversial talks

The Ukrainian delegation that participated in negotiations with the American side is already on its way home. The second day of talks in the United States technically took place, although the first, as stated by the presidential office, "was longer and had a slightly different undertone."

In October, in a comment to reporters, Dmitry Lytvyn, an advisor to the president on communications, said this 10. He avoided details about the substance of the concluded negotiations, focusing on organizational matters for the next meetings.

"The groups are already on the road home," said Dmitry Lytvin, the presidential advisor on communications.

The delegation that went to the negotiations in the United States included the head of the Servant of the People faction, Davyd Arakhamiya, the head of the SSR Rustem Umerov, the head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Budanov, and the first deputy head of the Office of the President Serhiy Kyslytsa. The talks in Miami were to address de-escalation of the war, but ended prematurely after Donald Trump’s unexpected statement about an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin to lift sanctions on Russian diesel fuel.

Also, according to Lytvin, the meeting of the "coalition of the willing" has not yet been scheduled, as formats for talks on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are still being agreed.

Zelenksy criticized Trump's decision to lift sanctions.

President Volodymyr Zelensky sharply criticized the actions of the American leader, calling the lifting of sanctions an absolutely terrible move. He stressed that this "gift to Putin on his birthday" will give the aggressor billions more to continue the war, and that the Ukrainian negotiating team in the United States, in his words, was used as a "screen" in the backdrop of Trump’s agreements with Putin on fuel supplies.

Russian leader’s aide Yury Ushakov stated that during a telephone conversation with Trump, Putin rejected the possibility of peace talks and emphasized that Russia would continue hostilities until it achieves "all its goals." This casts doubt on the prospects for the upcoming rounds of negotiations, even if the formats of new coalition meetings are agreed in the coming days.

Tensions between Washington and Kyiv had been rising long before the Miami talks collapsed. Earlier, Informator reported that Trump criticized Zelensky over strikes on Russian oil refineries and stated that Ukraine must choose a new president capable of negotiating an end to the war. We also wrote that even before the Miami meeting, Washington transmitted to Kyiv the U.S. president’s demand to stop strikes on Russia’s oil refineries, also warning of a possible halt to intelligence-sharing.