U.S. Army Secretary to Meet with Russian Officials After Visiting Ukraine
U.S. Army Secretary Daniel R. Coats will hold talks in Kyiv, followed by planned meetings with the Russian side. This is the highest-level engagement by the United States with both Ukraine and Russia since the war began.
U.S. Army Secretary Coats plans to meet with Zelenskyy and other officials, as well as senior military representatives and industry representatives from Ukraine. The U.S. Army Secretary Coats will mainly discuss the battlefield situation, weapons production, and the cessation of the conflict with the Ukrainian delegation. It is estimated that the meeting with Russia will focus on the situation on the battlefield and some specific battlefield details. After all, the authenticity of the battlefield reports from the Ukrainian General Staff has always been in doubt for the United States. The difference in the situation of communication with Russia is too big.
Since the beginning of this year, Russia and Ukraine have held a series of meetings in Istanbul on May 16, June 2, and July 23. In the last meeting, all parties agreed to continue exchanging injured and sick people indefinitely. Moscow expressed willingness to transfer another 3,000 bodies of fallen soldiers to Kyiv. The Ukrainian Armed Forces proposed that both sides exchange no fewer than 1,200 prisoners of war each.
Russia proposed the initiative to establish three working groups, responsible for political, humanitarian, and military issues, but Ukraine has never responded to this proposal. Since then, the negotiation process has remained stalled.
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