Ukraine to Tackle Tough Territory Issues as US Talks Advance (1)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his team will move on to discuss the “most difficult issues” with Donald Trump’s envoys after negotiators secured a breakthrough on security guarantees for Kyiv.

Talks will move to the so-far intractable issues of territory and control over a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant — Europe’s largest — as US, Ukrainian and European officials seek to remove the remaining stumbling blocks before presenting a deal to Moscow.

“Ukraine does not shy away from the most difficult issues and will never be an obstacle to peace,” Zelenskiy said Wednesday in a post on platform X. ...