Zelenskiy’s Aide Hopes Next Ukraine Summit Will Help End Fighting

  • Andriy Yermak has been tasked to lead Kyiv’s peace effort
  • Second summit to take place in a country in the Global South

Andriy Yermak at the Office of the President in Kyiv on July 31.

Photographer: Julia Kochetova/Bloomberg
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Ukraine wants a second leaders’ summit expected later this year to pave the way for the end of fighting, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff said.

Andriy Yermak has led Kyiv’s efforts to organize the meeting to achieve a fair peace settlement after the first gathering in Switzerland in June failed to win over key nations from the Global South.