π· In pictures β On both sides of the negotiating table in Hallandale Beach, Florida
Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council Rustem Umerov attends a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in Hallandale Beach, Florida.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner meet with a Ukrainian delegation in Hallandale Beach, Florida.
Credits : Eva Marie Uzcategui, Reuters.
Rubio says Florida talks aimed at ‘creating a pathway’ for sovereign Ukraine
US State Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he expected talks with Ukrainian officials to yield “more progress” toward a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
“This is not just about peace deals. It’s about creating a pathway forward that leaves Ukraine sovereign, independent and prosperous and so we expect to make even more progress today,” Rubio said in Hallandale Beach, Florida, where talks are taking place.
Kazakhstan tells Ukraine to stop attacking Russian oil terminal
Kazakhstan told Ukraine to stop attacking an oil terminal on Russia’s coast, after the facility which handles around 80 percent of Kazakh oil exports shut following drone strikes.
Drones have targeted the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk at least three times this year.
On Saturday, the sprawling export hub halted oil loading completely after naval drones damaged one of its three mooring points.
Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the latest strike.
Zelensky picks ex-Ukrainian envoy to US as reconstruction and investment adviser
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that he was naming Ukraine’s former ambassador to
the US, Oksana Markarova, as his new adviser on reconstruction and investment.
“Starting today, Oksana Markarova will continue supporting our state as my Advisor on Rebuilding and Investments,” he wrote on X.
“Beyond the fundamental goal of defending our independence and the daily work to ensure Ukraine’s survival, we have a
long-term objective: to give Ukraine the capacity to rebuild after the fighting and restore normal economic development,” Zelensky said.
Zelensky picks ex-Ukrainian envoy to US as reconstruction and investment adviser
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he was naming Ukraine’s former ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, as his new adviser on reconstruction and investment.
“Starting today, Oksana Markarova will continue supporting our state as my Advisor on Rebuilding and Investments,” he wrote on X.
“Beyond the fundamental goal of defending our independence and the daily work to ensure Ukraine’s survival, we have a long-term objective: to give Ukraine the capacity to rebuild after the fighting and restore normal economic development,” Zelensky said.
Trump officials to sit down with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida
Top Trump administration officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend.
ο»ΏThe meeting comes after the resignation of Ukraine’s top negotiator and chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, due to an anti-graft probe. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg brings you the latest.
Turkey condemns Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil tankers off Black Sea coast
The Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian βshadow fleetβ oil tankers in the Black Sea.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said the attacks on the Kairos and Virat vessels happened inside Turkeyβs exclusive economic zone and βhave posed serious risks to navigation, life, property and environmental safety in the region.β
In a social media post late Saturday, Keceli added that Turkey is carrying out talks with βthe relevant partiesβ to prevent the spread of the war in Ukraine across the Black Sea and to protect Turkeyβs economic interests.
Ukraine has said it used naval drones to hit the tankers in quick succession off Turkeyβs Black Sea coast late Friday afternoon. Crew members on board both vessels were reported to be safe.
Kazakhstan criticises Ukraine over drone attack on CPC oil terminal
Kazakhstan criticised Ukraine on Sunday for a drone attack on the Black Sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which handles more than 1% of global oil.
The CPC said on Saturday it had halted operations after a mooring at its Black Sea terminal was significantly damaged by a Ukrainian naval drone attack.
Kazakhstan’s foreign ministry said it was protesting “over yet another deliberate attack on the critical infrastructure of
the international Caspian Pipeline Consortium in the waters of the Port of Novorossiysk”.
“This incident marks the third act of aggression against an exclusively civilian facility whose operation is safeguarded by norms of international law,” the ministry said.
Russian drone strike kills one, wounds 11 near Kyiv
A Russian drone attack has killed one person and wounded 11 on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, the regional governor said Sunday.
Mykola Kalashnyk, the Kyiv regional governor, reported “another enemy drone attack” and said rescuers were evacuating residents of a high-rise building and firefighting was ongoing.
“Unfortunately, as a result of the enemy attack on Vyshgorod, one person was killed and 11 were wounded. Among them is one child,” Kalashnyk wrote on Telegram.
Ukraine negotiators to hold talks in US on plan to end war
Ukrainian negotiators are due to hold talks in the United States on Sunday on Washington’s plan to end the war with Russia, with Kyiv facing pressure on both the military and political fronts.
As Russia advances on the front line, its forces targeted Ukraine’s capital and the region for two nights in a row ahead of the talks in the United States.
A drone attack in the outskirts of Kyiv killed one person and wounded 11 on Saturday night, the regional governor said.