Ukrainian Negotiator Calls Talks, US to Monitor
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- Kyslytsya said the military‑to‑military discussions are “business‑like” and avoid the political grandstanding common elsewhere.
- U.S. officials including General Alexus Grynkewich and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll are sitting in the meetings non‑stop, providing questions, listening, and offering satellite‑based monitoring for any ceasefire.
- Kushner was praised as “not a novice” while Steve Witkoff was described as “much wiser than the media caricature”.
- OSCE previously managed only a few UAVs for monitoring, whereas today “as many as 12,000 drones” operate over Pokrovsk, highlighting the scale of modern surveillance.
- Nebenzia declined to wake Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the 23 February 2022 UN Security Council emergency, according to Kyslytsya’s recollection.
- Geneva is slated for the next round of U.S.-mediated talks later this week, where Kyslytsya hopes the “most important part of the jigsaw” will fall into place, though he doubts Putin will halt the war soon.
Why it matters: The United States’ hands‑on role and high‑tech monitoring give Kyiv a credible third‑party to verify any ceasefire, shifting the balance of power in negotiations and limiting Russia’s ability to distort battlefield information, while offering civilians in the Donbas a clearer path to safety.
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