Military group completes 90% of work at peace talks with US and Russia, political decisions needed for rest – Ukrainian delegation member

Serhii Kyslytsia, First Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and a member of the negotiating team, has said the military group in the trilateral peace talks with the United States and Russia has completed 90% of its work, with the remainder requiring political decisions.

Source: Serhii Kyslytsia during the national joint 24/7 newscast, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine, a Ukrainian news agency

Quote: "These rounds of talks that have already taken place indicate that we are at a stage where the military group has done 90% of the work. We have reached the point where the remaining work cannot be done because political decisions are needed."

Details: Kyslytsia said there may be "a couple more" meetings and that, once the political decisions are in place, "we will complete the military group's work process".

Background:

• In December, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a 20-point plan for a peaceful settlement of Russia's war against Ukraine was 90% ready.
• On 26 February, he said that the next meeting in Ukraine-US-Russia format is most likely to take place in UAE in early March.
• In his recent interview with Sky News, Zelenskyy said he sees a window of opportunity to end Russia's war against Ukraine before the US midterm elections in November.
• Zelenskyy has said there is some progress in the military area of negotiations following trilateral talks between Ukraine, the US and Russia in Geneva on 17-18 February.

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