During the meetings of the head of the Office of the president of Ukraine Andriy Yermak with American politicians and officials, the Ukrainian side tried to give its assessment of the situation on the battlefield and establish mutual understanding with the Americans. This is reported by CNN, writes UNN.
Details
According to three sources, the meeting in Washington was held between: Vice President-elect J. D. Vance and new national security adviser Mike Woltz from the United States, and on the Ukrainian side were Andriy Yermak and Deputy Minister of defense of Ukraine for European integration Serhiy Boev.
The meeting took place against the backdrop of US President-elect Donald Trump pointing out significant changes in policy towards Ukraine, seeking to end Russia's war against Ukraine.
At the same time, the meeting was not aimed at discussing a potential peace plan or a solution to the war. But Ukrainian officials sought to convey to Voda and Vance their assessment of the situation and establish relations with them. According to one of the sources, the Ukrainian side believes that it has achieved these goals and was satisfied with the meeting.
The publication added that first of all, more than an hour-long meeting was focused on assessing the situation on the battlefield on the Ukrainian side.
The Ukrainians proposed a general scheme of their defense strategy, but did not go into details. Waltz and Vance mostly listened,
The publication also clarifies that the Ukrainian delegation did not meet with Trump's special representative for Ukraine Keith Kellogg during his visit on Wednesday. The source noted that Kellogg has already been to Ukraine before, Yarmak knows him, so they did not need a meeting to establish an initial interpersonal relationship.
recall
As previously reported UNN a delegation led by Yermak met with future Trump advisers Volz and Kellogg. The purpose of the visit was to establish cooperation to gain support in the war against Russia.