Hello, it's 1,378 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
And Vitaly, the flurry of diplomacy is continuing.
It is non-stop.
Just recap briefly for our listeners.
Okay, the latest is that a team of Ukrainian negotiators led by a security supremo,
Rustam Umarov, They were in Florida for talks on America's peace plan.
After the previous version of that peace plan, well,
caused consternation in Ukraine and among Ukraine's allies who thought that it was incredibly biased.
towards Russia.
Now, after those talks, Steve Whitcoff, the key American negotiator for Ukraine,
and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, are heading to Moscow.
In fact, as we're recording right now, almost half past three in the afternoon on Tuesday,
they are in the Kremlin about to start talking to Vladimir Putin.
What sort of plan they've brought to the Kremlin we don't really know.
And President Zelensky speaking at a news conference alongside Ireland's Taoiseach today has said,
quote, now more than ever, there is a chance to end this war.
We are going to be discussing the talks and we're going to speak today to the journalist who published the final interview with President Zelensky's now former chief of staff before his bombshell resignation.
This is Ukrainecast.
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