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U.S., Ukraine conclude talks in Geneva as Russia says 'no deadlines' to end war
U.S., Ukraine conclude talks in Geneva as Russia says 'no deadlines' to end war
U.S. and Ukrainian officials concluded talks in Geneva on Thursday (February 26, 2026) to discuss advancing efforts to end Russia's four-year invasion of Ukraine, just as Moscow signalled it was in no hurry to sign a deal.
An AFP reporter saw the U.S. delegation leaving Geneva's Hotel des Bergues, the venue of the talks, and the Swiss agency ATS-Keystone published a photo of the Ukrainian lead negotiator, Rustem Umerov, leaving the hotel.
Also read: Zelenskyy says Ukraine unbroken after 4 years, but Russia vows to fight on
U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing for an end to Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II, but has so far failed to broker any deal between Moscow and Kyiv.
Previous rounds of U.S.-led negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian officials in Geneva and Abu Dhabi have failed to yield a compromise, including on the key sticking point of territory.
Russia, which has signalled it will not budge on its demands for full control of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, said Thursday it was too early to forecast when a deal would take place.
"Have you heard anything from us about deadlines? We have no deadlines, we have tasks. We are getting them done," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state media.
Kyiv says the only way of breaking the deadlock is a leaders' meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and that it aims to lay the ground for such a summit during talks on Thursday (February 26, 2026).
"Today in Geneva we continue our work within the framework of the negotiation process. A bilateral meeting with the American delegation has begun — with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner," Ukrainian negotiator Umerov said earlier.
Ukraine aims to "synchronise positions" with the U.S. ahead of fresh trilateral talks in March, he added.
Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev was present at the talks venue in Geneva on Thursday, though there was no indication he met with the Ukrainian side, according to Russian state media.
Dmitriev declined to comment when he was met by the press after leaving the negotiations, according to a video circulated in pro-Kremlin outlets.
Hours before the meeting, Russian forces launched some 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine, wounding more than two dozen people in at least six different regions, according to authorities.
AFP journalists heard several explosions in central Kyiv shortly after authorities warned Russia had launched its attack.
The strikes hit an electricity substation in the southern Odesa region, as well as a school building in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, according to officials.
"Destruction has been recorded in eight regions, with many private homes and apartment buildings damaged," Mr. Zelenskyy said.
Also ahead of the meeting, Russia announced that it had returned the bodies of 1,000 killed Ukrainian soldiers to Ukraine, while Moscow received 35 Russian bodies in exchange.
The two sides regularly exchange the remains of killed serviceman, one of the few areas of cooperation between the warring countries.
Mr. Zelenskyy spoke with Mr. Trump on Wednesday ahead of the talks, with U.S. Envoys Witkoff and Mr. Kushner part of the 30-minute call.
"We expect this meeting (in Geneva) to create an opportunity to move talks to the leaders' level. President Trump supports this sequence of steps," Mr. Zelenskyy said.
After first refusing to negotiate with Russia, Mr. Zelenskyy has repeatedly said that the only way to resolve difficult issues, including territory, is through a meeting with Mr. Putin.
Also read: A brief history of the Russia-Ukraine war | Explained
Talks between Moscow and Kyiv remain deadlocked over the fate of the Donbas — the industrial region in eastern Ukraine that has been the epicentre of the fighting.
Russia is pushing for full control of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, and has threatened to take it by force if Kyiv does not cave at the negotiating table.
But Ukraine has rejected the demand and signalled it would not sign a deal without security guarantees that deter Russia from invading again.
Published - February 27, 2026 02:00 am IST
Ukraine / Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Source: TheHindu
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