US and Russian officials gather in Florida to continue discussions over Ukraine.

(Reuters) As President Donald Trump’s administration attempts to persuade both parties to reach a deal to stop the conflict, US negotiators visited Russian officials in Florida on Saturday for the most recent discussions aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Miami meeting came after the United States had meetings with Ukrainian and European officials on Friday. These negotiations were the most recent discussions of a peace plan, which has given some confidence that the crisis that started when Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 may be resolved.

After meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev told reporters that the discussions were fruitful and will resume on Sunday. The negotiations had ended for the day, according to a White House official.

“The conversations are moving forward in a positive way. They started earlier and will carry on today and tomorrow, according to Dmitriev.

Trump’s senior diplomat and national security advisor, Marco Rubio, has hinted that he may participate in the negotiations.

Earlier this week, US, Ukrainian, and European officials claimed progress on security assurances for Kyiv as part of the war-ending negotiations; but, it is still uncertain whether Moscow will accept such terms.

Any meeting between Dmitriev and the Ukrainian negotiators has been ruled off, a Russian source told Reuters.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, stated on Saturday in Kyiv that his country would support a US proposal for three-way negotiations with the US and Russia provided it allowed for additional prisoner swaps and cleared the path for national leaders to meet.

Zelenskiy told reporters in Kyiv that “America is now proposing a trilateral meeting with national security advisers — America, Ukraine, and Russia.”