warning<\/a> that the conflict has reached a dangerous stalemate, with the risk of escalation beyond Ukraine\u2019s borders.<\/p>\nRubio called the conflict \u201ca very dangerous war\u201d and warned that escalation could include Russian sabotage in neighboring NATO countries, a strike, or other actions that could rapidly widen the conflict.<\/p>\n
That could \u201cquickly turn what is a war between two countries to a much broader, far more dangerous regional conflict,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the end, we do not believe that there will be military solutions…. We think this war needs to end, and the negotiated settlement is sooner and better.\u201d<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump said this week that he planned to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin by telephone soon.<\/p>\n
Sources familiar with the plans said the Miami meeting would focus on proposals that US negotiators had begun developing with Russian and Ukrainian interlocutors during recent visits to the region.<\/p>\n
The October 9 talks follow several rounds of negotiations held in Florida late last year, including discussions between US officials and Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev in October 2025 and subsequent meetings with Ukrainian officials in November and December that year.<\/p>\n
Witkoff and Kushner also visited Moscow and Kyiv in early September as Washington renewed efforts to broker an end to the war. They met with Putin in Moscow before holding talks with Zelenskyy and Ukrainian officials in Kyiv.<\/p>\n
Ukraine is expected to be represented by Kyrylo Budanov, head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s office; Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service and a former defense minister; David Arakhamia, parliamentary leader of Zelenskyy\u2019s Servant of the People party; and Serhiy Kyslytsya, first deputy head of the presidential office.<\/p>\n
Broader Meeting With NATO, EU<\/p>\n
A broader meeting involving national-security advisers from the UK, France, and Germany, as well as representatives of NATO, the EU, and US European Command, is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. local time. Talks are expected to resume later at 1:45 p.m.<\/p>\n
Representatives of the White House National Security Council and the US Treasury Department are also expected to participate.<\/p>\n
The agenda also includes a postwar prosperity and reconstruction plan for Ukraine and other aspects of a potential settlement, sources said.<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy said on October 8 that Kyiv\u2019s negotiators had been briefed on the issues to raise with the American delegation, including strengthening Ukraine\u2019s air defenses.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, our negotiators have also been briefed on this for their talks with the American side. They know what to discuss and which pressing issues to raise with the American side,\u201d Zelenskyy told reporters via WhatsApp.<\/p>\n
He added that Ukraine would separately discuss funding and air defense with European partners, including ways to secure financial support more quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cFunding issues will be raised there as well — the details of how to secure the funding sooner. This is very important. And air defense as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy said he had also discussed the issues with European Council President Antonio Costa and expressed hope for a positive outcome.<\/p>\n
John Herbst, who served as US ambassador to Ukraine under President George W. Bush and is now a senior director at the Atlantic Council\u2019s Eurasia Center, told RFE\/RL on October 8 that he expected there would be “a good-faith effort by the sides involved,\u201d adding that he did not expect a major confrontation between Washington and Kyiv over the terms of a settlement.<\/p>\n
Herbst said any serious disagreement between Washington and Kyiv would likely increase Europe\u2019s role in the negotiations, as European governments would be reluctant to see the US put undue pressure on Ukraine to make concessions.<\/p>\n
Herbst also said the Trump administration wanted to end the conflict and appeared to believe neither side was likely to achieve a decisive military victory.<\/p>\n
He also cited remarks by Vice President JD Vance suggesting that Ukraine currently has a military advantage.<\/p>\n
Attacks On Ukrainian Infrastructure<\/p>\n
In recent weeks, Russia has stepped up its attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Schemes, the investigative unit <\/a>of RFE\/RL\u2019s Ukrainian Service, obtained a copy of a Russian-language document from sources in Ukraine\u2019s defense forces outlining a potential blueprint for a campaign by Moscow to inflict enormous suffering on civilians with attacks aimed at sharply cutting supplies of power, heat, and water.<\/p>\nDespite Russia\u2019s recent missile and drone attacks, Herbst argued, those strikes were not bringing Moscow closer to winning the war, while Ukrainian operations were making it harder for Russian forces to achieve their objectives.<\/p>\n
Washington has maintained separate contacts with Russian officials. Russian presidential envoy Dmitriev recently visited Washington for discussions with American officials as diplomatic efforts to end the war continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON — The US and Ukraine will hold talks in Miami on October 9 to discuss proposals aimed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,115,5767,40908,40909,21553],"class_list":["post-423065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news","tag-russia","tag-russia-invades-ukraine","tag-the-rundown-stories","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}