The American and Russian delegations met in Florida on 11 March for bilateral talks, while the next round of trilateral Ukraine-US-Russia peace negotiations has been pushed to 16–22 March, with Switzerland or Türkiye as the prospective venues, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed to journalists.
The US side was represented by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and White House Senior Advisor Josh Gruenbaum. Russia sent a delegation led by Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev. According to a readout of the meeting, "the teams discussed a variety of topics and agreed to stay in touch."
The trilateral talks — originally scheduled for 10–11 March — were postponed at Washington's request, Zelenskyy said, with timing now contingent on the situation in the Middle East. "Where can the meeting be? In Switzerland or Türkiye — I doubt it will be in the Emirates," he said.
Zelenskyy indicated the agenda would mirror previous rounds, with prisoner exchanges and a potential leaders-level summit as the central items. On the question of territorial issues, he was direct: "Further on this plan, regarding the special topic of territory, I don't see a result without the level of leaders."
The postponement follows a sequence of public pressure from Washington. On 3 March, President Trump stated that ending Russia's war against Ukraine was among his primary goals, while again referencing what he described as "great hatred" between Zelenskyy and Putin and saying the two should come to an understanding. Two days later, on 5 March, Trump said Zelenskyy needed to "come to his senses" and sign a peace deal with Russia.
On 9 March, Zelenskyy's office denied reports that new talks were set for 11 March in Istanbul, attributing the delay to Iran-related scheduling on the US side.
