US, Russia Set for Possible Peace Talks in Miami as Ukraine War Nears Four-Year Mark

U.S. and Russian negotiators are expected to hold talks in Miami, Florida, this weekend as part of renewed efforts to broker a peace deal aimed at ending the nearly four-year-long Ukraine conflict, according to a report by U.S. media outlet Politico. However, the schedule remains fluid and the meeting is yet to be formally confirmed.

The report, citing two people familiar with the matter, said that if the talks take place, the Trump administration will brief the Russian side on recent developments following discussions among U.S., Ukrainian and European officials held in Berlin last weekend. Those Berlin talks reportedly helped narrow key differences on a proposed peace framework.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are expected to represent Washington in the discussions. The Russian delegation is likely to include Kirill Dmitriev, a special envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Separately, Ukrainian National Security Adviser Rustem Umerov is also expected to meet U.S. officials in Miami or elsewhere in the United States over the weekend.

Officials from the Trump administration have said that U.S., European and Ukrainian representatives reached agreement or significantly reduced differences on around 90 per cent of a 20-point U.S.-drafted peace plan during the Berlin talks. The remaining gaps are expected to be addressed in follow-up discussions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has indicated that Kyiv could consider suspending its bid to join NATO as part of a peace agreement, provided it receives strong Western security guarantees to prevent renewed Russian aggression. According to Ukraine’s Ukrinform news agency, Zelenskyy said Ukraine is prepared to discuss security arrangements based on NATO’s Article 5, though the United States has so far not committed to such guarantees.

Zelenskyy is scheduled to attend a key European Union summit in Brussels on Thursday, where leaders are expected to decide whether to extend loans backed by nearly $250 billion in frozen Russian sovereign assets to support Ukraine’s military and economic needs. He urged Ukraine’s partners to ensure continued support, saying Russia must be convinced that prolonging the war would be futile.

Russia, meanwhile, has strongly opposed any use of its frozen assets, calling such moves “theft” and warning of retaliatory seizures of European private investments in Russia. Speaking in Moscow on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia would seize more Ukrainian territory by force if Kyiv and European leaders failed to seriously engage with U.S.-led peace proposals.