Ukraine's peace negotiators arrive in US for talks with Trump officials


US businessman Jared Kushner looks on during a press conference upon the signing of the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine during the so-called 'Coalition of the Willing' summit, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 6, 2026. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

KYIV, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Ukraine's ‌peace negotiators arrived in the United States on ‌Saturday for talks on details of a proposed agreement ‌to end the four-year war with Russia, the head of the Ukrainian president's office said.

Kyrylo Budanov said the delegation would meet with White House ‍envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's son-in-law ‍Jared Kushner, and U.S. ‌Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll.

"Ukraine needs a just peace. We are working ‍to ​achieve results," Budanov, a former military intelligence chief, said on the Telegram app.

Trump has been pushing ⁠both Kyiv and Moscow for a deal to ‌end the war. But despite many rounds of talks, no tangible diplomatic ⁠breakthrough has ‍been reached so far, and fighting continues to rage on a front line extending more than 1,200 km (750 miles).

Ukraine and the U.S. ‍have drafted a 20-point peace proposal, ‌but Russia has yet to comment on it.

The trickiest issues include territorial concessions, security guarantees and the fate of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's biggest, occupied by Russia.

Ukrainian officials said the agenda would include security guarantees and a post-war recovery package for Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he hoped to sign ‌documents outlining "a prosperity package" with the U.S. on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos next week, to unlock about $800 billion ​in reconstruction investments.

Trump told Reuters this week that he may meet with Zelenskiy at the WEF.

(Reporting by Olena Harmash; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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