KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday there had been 鈥減ositive movement鈥� in cooperation with the United States that could lead to another meeting between the two sides soon.
Kyiv is eager to repair ties with its top military supporter against Russia鈥檚 invasion after Zelensky publicly clashed with US President Donald Trump in the White House last week over how to end the war in Ukraine.
鈥淭oday our Ukrainian and US teams began working on a meeting. Andriy Yermak and Mike Waltz spoke,鈥� Zelensky said in his evening address, referring to his chief of staff and the US national security adviser.
鈥淭here is positive movement. We hope for the first results next week.鈥�

Yermak said on X he had 鈥渆xchanged views on security issues and the alignment of positions鈥� with Waltz, and that they had scheduled a meeting of Ukrainian and US officials 鈥渋n the near future to continue this important work.鈥�
Both statements came just hours after CIA Director John Ratcliffe said the US had
paused intelligence-sharing with Ukraine.