Ukraine’s ex-defence minister and current secretary of the security council Rustem Umerov will head Kyiv’s delegation at the next round of peace talks with Russia on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. The Kremlin earlier had downplayed expectations for the talks by saying the two sides were far apart in their visions on how to end the more than three-year war. “The delegation will be headed by Rustem Umerov and will include representatives of Ukrainian intelligence, Ukraine’s foreign ministry, and the office of the president,” Zelensky wrote on social media.
