By ILLIA NOVIKOV and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. and Ukrainian officials are holding a second day of talks in Florida on Friday about President Donald Trump’s proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war, according to two U.S. officials.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s meeting in Florida on Thursday with Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s lead negotiator, was “productive,” according to a White House official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The American and Ukrainian officials were due to brief their respective leaders on Friday and reconvene for further talks later in the day, the official added. A second official confirmed the Friday talks.

The talks follow discus

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