Zelenskyy views the talks being held in Europe as a positive development given that the war is unfolding on the continent. He stressed that Europeans should see the aggression as not only against Ukraine, but also against Europe as a whole.
He promised to provide further details about preparations for the fourth round of talks in Switzerland after the Ukrainian team returns to Kyiv and delivers a full report.
From February 17 to 18, Ukraine, the United States, and Russia held a trilateral meeting in Geneva. Zelenskyy described the negotiations as difficult and said that progress had only been achieved on some military issues. In particular, the parties agreed to monitor a ceasefire with U.S. participation.
On Feb. 17, Axios journalist Barak Ravid wrote that the Ukraine-U.S.-Russia trilateral peace talks in Geneva had stalled due to the new Russian chief negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky.