President of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has named new representatives for the Ukrainian delegation in the upcoming peace talks, Kyiv Post reports.
The new list follows the resignation of Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, after anti-corruption agencies raided his home. Yermak was part of the delegation before his resignation.
The list, effective since Friday, includes multiple defense and intelligence officials, as well as some senior diplomats but omits Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha.
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Rustem Umerov – Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), Head of the Delegation
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Oleksandr Bevz – Advisor to the Cabinet of the President of Ukraine, Office of the President of Ukraine
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Kyrylo Budanov – Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (HUR)
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Andriy Hnatov – Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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Oleh Ivashchenko – Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (SZRU)
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Serhiy Kyslytsya – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
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Yevheniy Ostryansky – First Deputy Secretary of the NSDC
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Oleksandr Poklad – Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)
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Vadym Skibitskyi – Deputy Head of HUR
Zelensky’s decree said the officials will represent Kyiv not only in talks with the US and other allies, but also with Russia.
At present, it is unclear which officials will represent Kyiv in the planned talks in Washington. Bloomberg, citing a source, reported that Umerov and Kyslytsya were en route to the US for discussions with US President Donald Trump’s Russia envoy, Steve Witkoff.
