Ukraine's ties with White House are 'back on track', top Ukrainian official says

Christian Lowe - Reuters - 26/03
"I think we have great conversations with the Americans," said Zelenskiy's chief of staff.
  • Ukraine says it has 'great conversations' with US officials
  • President's chief of staff says relations are back on track
  • Moscow sets conditions while Kyiv is serious, he says
KYIV, March 26 (Reuters) - Relations between Kyiv and Washington are "back on track", the chief of staff to Ukraine's president told Reuters, after a fraught Oval Office encounter last month between the U.S. and Ukrainian leaders.
Andriy Yermak said two rounds of talks on a potential ceasefire, held in Saudi Arabia, had given Kyiv an opportunity to show U.S. officials it is open to work with U.S. President Donald Trump in his bid to end the three-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine.

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Yermak, chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said that was in contrast with the Russian negotiating approach, which he said involved attaching conditions to a peace deal.
"I think we have great conversations with the Americans," Yermak said in an interview at his office in Kyiv late on Tuesday. "I think we are back on track."
A Feb. 28 meeting in the White House between Zelenskiy and Trump descended into acrimony, with Trump and Vice President JD Vance saying the Ukrainian leader showed disrespect.
Since then, Kyiv has launched a drive to salvage relations, starting with a March 19 telephone call between Trump and Zelenskiy which Yermak described as "great."
It's so far unclear if Kyiv's approach will lead ...
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