A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa in southern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded 27, Ukraine's emergency service said Saturday, as a Kremlin envoy was set to travel to Florida for talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war, The discussions are part of the Trump administration's monthslong push for peace that also included meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin earlier this week.
US envoy Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov again in Florida on Monday to discuss still unresolved issues related to efforts aimed at ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine after nearly four years. Umerov is expected to join Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Dublin on Tuesday, where he will relay details of two days of meetings with US negotiators. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday confirmed that Witkoff will again travel to Moscow for meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.