Washington proposed the first Ukraine-Russia face-to-face talks in months, after US and Russian envoys met in Miami over the weekend to discuss a possible peace plan to end Moscow"s war in Ukraine, writes Euronews.

A White House envoy described on Sunday the talks held with both Ukrainian and European as well as Russian representatives in Miami as “productive and constructive”. On Ukraine, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said the talks aimed at “aligning on a shared strategic approach between Ukraine, the United States, and Europe”: “Our shared priority is to stop the killing, ensure guaranteed security, and create conditions for Ukraine’s recovery, stability, and long-term prosperity… Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine. Russia highly values the efforts and support of the US to resolve the Ukrainian conflict and re-establish global security”.

Washington has proposed the first face-to-face negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in months, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, expressing scepticism about whether Moscow genuinely wants to end the war.

The proposal for three-way talks at the level of national security advisers comes as US and Russian special envoys held discussions over the weekend in Miami on ending Russia"s nearly four-year full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner met Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who also serves as head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund. The meetings are part of the Trump administration’s push for a peace deal, which also sparked talks between Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin earlier this week.

Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s aide, told Russian state-run media that changes to the peace plan being made by Ukraine and Europe were causing delays in reaching an agreement: “I am more than sure that the provisions that the Europeans have introduced or are trying to introduce with Ukrainians do not improve the documents and do not improve the possibility of achieving long-term peace”.