Ukraine's Zelenskiy says several draft documents ready after Miami talks
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (not pictured), at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, December 15 2025. Berlin hosts US and Ukrainian delegations for talks on a proposed peace plan, including a
KYIV, Dec 23 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday several draft documents, including on security guarantees, had been prepared after talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials on ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
U.S. officials held talks in Miami at the weekend with Ukrainian and European delegations, and had separate talks in Florida with Russian representatives as Washington tests the scope for a settlement after nearly four years of war.
Kyiv, under U.S. pressure to quickly secure peace, has sought to balance out an initial proposal widely seen as favourable to Moscow demanding it cede more territory and restrict its military capabilities.
"They worked productively with envoys of President (Donald) Trump and several draft documents have now been prepared," Zelenskiy wrote on X after being briefed by Ukrainian negotiators Rustem Umerov and Andrii Hnatov.
"In particular, these include documents on security guarantees for Ukraine, on recovery, and on a basic framework for ending this war."
Ukrainian officials have sought strong security guarantees from allies to prevent another Russian invasion after any peace deal.
"The points for today have been set in such a way as to correspond to the objective of actually ending the war and the need to prevent a third Russian invasion," Zelenskiy added.
Russia also sent troops into Ukraine in 2014, when it seized and annexed Crimea and backed a separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
Zelenskiy made his comments after a heavy Russian air attack on Ukraine's energy system that killed at least three people and caused widespread power outages as Ukrainians geared up to celebrate Christmas.
Russian news outlet Izvestia quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying the talks between Russia and the United States in Miami on ways to resolve the conflict in Ukraine should not be seen as a breakthrough.
(Reporting by Dan Peleschuk, Editing by Gareth Jones and Timothy Heritage)
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