Ukrainian officials to meet Trump envoys in Geneva over more Russia talks

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian delegation will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys in the run-up to another round of trilateral talks with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.

Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, is due to hold talks with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Thursday in Geneva, Zelenskyy told reporters.

A U.S. push for peace has already brought Russia and Ukraine to the table in Abu Dhabi and Geneva this year, but the talks have produced no breakthrough on key differences as Russia’s invasion of its neighbor enters its fifth year.

Thursday’s meeting will address details of a possible postwar recovery plan for Ukraine and discuss preparations for an upcoming trilateral meeting with Moscow officials, Zelenskyy said, adding that he has also tasked Umerov with discussing a possible prisoner exchange.

Ukraine expects the U.S.-brokered talks with Russia to take place next week, Zelenskyy said.

Witkoff said Tuesday he would meet Umerov in Geneva for talks that could be followed by a trilateral meeting in Florida.

The Swiss city is also expected to host a round of nuclear talks on Thursday between the United States and Iran.

Previous talks with Russia and Ukraine have largely resolved the question of security guarantees, Witkoff said. Both sides are engaging with the peace efforts, with almost daily conversations taking place between officials, he said.

Washington is not pressuring Ukraine to concede on any point, and the Russians have shown “some moderation,” Witkoff told the Yalta European Strategy — an international annual leaders’ forum organized by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Kyiv.

On Tuesday, amid events marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Zelenskyy noted that Russia has not defeated Ukraine nor broken the Ukrainian spirit, despite Moscow’s bigger and better equipped army and heavy bombardment of civilian areas.

Ukrainian forces have in recent months pushed Russia’s army back at points along the roughly 1,250-kilometer (750-mile) front line in eastern areas of the country, according to the Institute for the Study of War.

The “significant gains” are the biggest since 2024, the Washington-based think tank said, though they are unlikely to grow into major offensives as Ukraine struggles with a troop shortage. Even so, they likely will disrupt Russian plans for a spring-summer offensive, it said.

Ukraine has also continued its almost nightly long-range drone barrage of military and allied infrastructure targets deep inside Russia.

The U.S. State Department has expressed its displeasure with Ukraine’s recent attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea that have impacted U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan, Kyiv’s chief envoy to Washington said Tuesday.

A Ukrainian drone attack on the Dorogobuzh fertilizer plant in western Russia’s Smolensk region killed seven workers, injured 10 people and caused a fire, Gov. Vasily Anokhin said.

Ukrainian authorities said Russia attacked with 115 drones overnight, including one strike on a village in the southern Zaporizhzhia district that killed four people and injured a child, the State Emergency Service said.

乌克兰基辅（美联社）——乌克兰总统泽连斯基周三表示，乌克兰代表团将在与俄罗斯举行新一轮三方会谈之前与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的特使会面。

泽连斯基告诉记者，乌克兰国家安全与国防委员会秘书鲁斯捷姆·乌梅罗夫将于周四在日内瓦与史蒂夫·威特科夫和贾里德·库什纳举行会谈。

今年，美国推动和平的努力已经促使俄罗斯和乌克兰在阿布扎比和日内瓦坐到了谈判桌前，但随着俄罗斯入侵邻国进入第五年，谈判在关键分歧上仍未取得任何突破。

泽连斯基表示，周四的会议将讨论乌克兰战后重建计划的细节，并讨论即将与莫斯科官员举行的三方会晤的准备工作。他还补充说，他已责成乌梅罗夫讨论可能的战俘交换事宜。

泽连斯基表示，乌克兰预计由美国斡旋的与俄罗斯的会谈将于下周举行。

维特科夫周二表示，他将在日内瓦与乌梅罗夫会面进行会谈，之后可能会在佛罗里达州举行三方会晤。

预计周四，瑞士这座城市还将举办美国和伊朗之间的新一轮核谈判。

维特科夫表示，此前与俄罗斯和乌克兰的会谈已基本解决了安全保障问题。他说，双方都在积极参与和平进程，官员之间几乎每天都有对话。

维特科夫在雅尔塔欧洲战略论坛上表示，华盛顿没有向乌克兰施压，要求其在任何方面做出让步，而俄罗斯也表现出了“一定的温和”。雅尔塔欧洲战略论坛是由维克托·平丘克基金会在基辅组织的国际年度领导人论坛。

周二，在纪念俄罗斯入侵乌克兰四周年之际，泽连斯基指出，尽管莫斯科拥有规模更大、装备更精良的军队，并对平民区进行了猛烈轰炸，但俄罗斯既没有打败乌克兰，也没有摧毁乌克兰的精神。

据战争研究所称，近几个月来，乌克兰军队在该国东部地区约 1250 公里（750 英里）长的战线上，将俄罗斯军队击退了一些地区。

这家总部位于华盛顿的智库表示，这些“重大进展”是自2024年以来最大的，但由于乌克兰面临兵力短缺，这些进展不太可能演变成大规模攻势。即便如此，该智库也指出，这些进展可能会扰乱俄罗斯春夏季的攻势计划。

乌克兰还继续几乎每晚对俄罗斯境内的军事和盟军基础设施目标进行远程无人机轰炸。

美国国务院对乌克兰近期袭击俄罗斯黑海港口新罗西斯克表示不满，基辅驻华盛顿首席特使周二表示，此次袭击影响了美国在哈萨克斯坦的石油利益。

俄罗斯西部斯摩棱斯克州州长瓦西里·阿诺欣表示，乌克兰无人机袭击了多罗戈布日化肥厂，造成7名工人死亡，10人受伤，并引发火灾。

乌克兰当局称，俄罗斯连夜出动 115 架无人机发动袭击，其中一架无人机袭击了南部扎波罗热区的一个村庄，造成 4 人死亡，1 名儿童受伤。乌克兰国家紧急服务部门表示。