Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council leads delegation travelling to US

A Ukrainian delegation headed by Rustem Umierov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, has set off for the United States to continue talks on the US "peace plan". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expects a report on Sunday.

Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Facebook; Rustem Umierov on social media; Ukrainska Pravda sources close to the negotiating team

Source: "Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine and head of the Ukrainian delegation Rustem Umierov, together with the team, is already on the way to the United States. Rustem delivered a report today, and the task is clear: to swiftly and substantively work out the steps needed to end the war.

Ukraine continues to work with the United States in the most constructive way possible, and we expect that the results of the meetings in Geneva will now be hammered out in the United States. I look forward to our delegation's report following its work this Sunday. Ukraine is working for a dignified peace."

Details: Ukrainska Pravda sources close to the negotiating group said that Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) is being represented in the delegation that left for the United States on 28 November by Major General Vadym Skibitskyi.

DIU's Head Kyrylo Budanov has not travelled to the United States and remains at his post in Kyiv.

Previously: The Economist journalist Oliver Carroll had earlier said on X (Twitter) that, based on his information, General Budanov is "on way to the US. Possibly as head of negotiation".

Background:

• Axios previously reported that Yermak himself was due to travel to the US for negotiations on a "peace agreement".
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Andrii Yermak from his post as Head of the President's Office after the searches conducted by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) at Yermak's office.
• Zelenskyy has also approved by decree an updated delegation that will take part in peace talks on resolving the war launched by Russia against Ukraine. The delegation comprises nine people, among them Rustem Umierov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine; Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine; Vadym Poklad, Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine; and Andrii Hnatov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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