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Ukrainian negotiators to meet US team today

Thursday, 26 February 2026



KYIV, Feb 25 (Reuters): Ukrainian negotiators will meet U.S. officials on Thursday to discuss the country's post-war reconstruction, including a "prosperity package", President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.
Zelenskiy told reporters in a WhatsApp media chat that the teams would also discuss preparations for a trilateral meeting that would include Russia, adding that Kyiv hoped this would take place in early March.
Rustem Umerov, the secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, and head of the Ukrainian negotiating team, will meet in Geneva with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the U.S. president's son-in-law, Zelenskiy said.
"First, it will be a bilateral meeting with the American side. The first question is the prosperity package, which is the package for Ukraine's recovery, and they will discuss the details," Zelenskiy said.
Proceeding with the reconstruction of Ukraine after the destruction wrought by Russian air raids and frontline combat has become a major element in broader talks on how to end the war, which entered its fifth year this week.