US and Ukraine report progress on ending Russia war but offer few details

US special envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, and US secretary of state Marco Rubio, right, sit at the beginning of talks with the Ukrainian delegation at the US Mission to International Organisations in Geneva. Picture: Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP

Top US and Ukrainian officials said they were making progress towards ending the Russia-Ukraine war but provided scant details as they discussed the American proposal to achieve peace despite concerns among many of Washington’s European allies that the plan was far too conciliatory to Moscow.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio said high-stakes talks in Geneva were “very worthwhile” and constituted the most productive day in “a very long time” on larger efforts to end the fighting.