President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday, May 11, that Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (RNBO) and head of the Ukrainian delegation in US-led peace talks, briefed him after meetings in the US with envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. In a Telegram update, Zelensky said the talks focused on prisoner exchanges, diplomatic efforts to end the war, and Ukraine’s growing international drone cooperation. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war