There was a report from our delegation after today’s meetings held in a trilateral format. There were also contacts between the team and the American side. The report was delivered by Rustem Umerov, Kyrylo Budanov, and Davyd Arakhamiia – the guys were in contact. We discussed the interim results of the negotiations for today. They will continue tomorrow.

There will also be a significant step: we expect a POW exchange in the near future. Captives must be brought home.

Overall, Ukraine’s position is very clear: the war must be ended for real. Russia must be ready for this. And partners must also be ready to ensure it in real terms with their real guarantees – security guarantees – and their real pressure on the aggressor. And it must be felt now – people in Ukraine must feel that the situation is genuinely moving toward peace, toward an end to the war, and not toward a scenario in which the Russians exploit everything to their advantage and continue their strikes.

There must be no rewards for the aggressor – if any reward is given to the aggressor, Russia will, over time, break any agreement.