The latest U.S. push to end Russia’s has unleashed a frenzy of diplomatic activity.
Negotiators and officials from the U.S., Ukraine and Russia have in recent weeks in a flurry of meetings to discuss .
Here is a timeline of key talks.
Nov. 19: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travels to Turkey in what he said was an effort to jump-start negotiations on ending the war. Reports emerge soon after of a 28-point peace plan drafted by the U.S. and Russia that critics say leans heavily in Moscow’s favor.
Nov. 20: U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and meets Zelenskyy to brief him on the U.S.-backed peace proposal.
Nov. 23: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets a Ukrainian delegation headed by then-presidential chief of staff Andrii Yermak for . Both sides say that progress had been made but provide few details. Yermak also meets with European security officials.
Nov. 24-25: Driscoll . Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, says the parties do not discuss the new peace plan in detail.
Nov. 30: A Ukrainian delegation led by Rustem Umerov . Umerov replaced Yermak, who resigned amid a corruption scandal involving the country’s energy sector.
Dec. 1: Zelenskyy travels to Paris to meet French President Emmanuel Macron and briefs him on the outcome of the Florida talks, as a U.S. delegation heads to Moscow for talks with Russian officials.
Dec. 2: Putin meets Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner . Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Ushakov, the senior Putin adviser, were also present. Ushakov describes the meeting as constructive, but says much work still needs to be done.
Dec. 2: Zelenskyy meets in Ireland with the Ukrainian delegation returning from Florida. At a news conference, he says Ukraine is waiting for signals from the American delegation after its meetings in Russia.
Dec. 4: A Ukrainian delegation for a meeting with members of the U.S. team that visited Moscow.
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