US held talks with Ukraine, European countries on next steps in ending Ukraine war, Witkoff says

Dec 31 (Reuters) - U.S. officials held talks on Wednesday with Ukraine's top negotiator Rustem Umerov and national security advisers from the UK, France and Germany to discuss the next steps in ending Russia's war in Ukraine, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said.

"We focused on how to move the discussions forward in a practical way on behalf of @POTUS' peace process, including strengthening security guarantees and developing effective deconfliction mechanisms to help end the war and ensure it does not restart," Witkoff said in a social media post.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner also participated.