French President Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Kyiv's chief negotiator Rustem Umerov during hours-long talks in Paris, the Élysée said Monday. Speaking after the talks, Zelensky called for the war to end as soon as possible, stressing that peace should be"truly durable". Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Yesterday's key developments:
- US President Donald Trump said Sunday there was a"good chance" of a Russia-Ukraine deal following the latest US-Ukraine talks in Florida, but cautioned that a corruption scandal roiling Kyiv was not helpful.
- President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is scheduled to meet with Putin in Moscow in the next few days.
- US and Ukrainian negotiators held hours of what both sides called"productive" talks in Florida on Sunday on a plan Washington wants to form the basis of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
