Ministerial peace talks delayed, lower-ranking officials to meet instead — UK Foreign Office

The British Foreign Office announced this, as reported by The Guardian. 

The statement reads, "The Ukraine peace talks meeting with foreign ministers today is being postponed. Official level talks will continue but these are closed to media."

Earlier, Sky News reported, citing its own sources, that the leading diplomats of the UK, the U.S., France, Germany, and Ukraine have postponed their planned meeting in London for high-level talks on how to end the war in Ukraine.

Instead, discussions will be held between senior officials from the five countries. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha will still be in London for a bilateral meeting with his British counterpart, David Lammy.

Meanwhile, CNN reported that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not participate in the talks, as Ukraine made it clear that it rejects a key element of the Trump administration’s proposal for ending the war.

Instead, the U.S. will be represented by Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg.

• On Wednesday, April 23, representatives of Ukraine, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France will hold negotiations in London. The topic of the meeting will be a possible ceasefire agreement with Russia.
• The Washington Post reported that the U.S. will propose recognizing annexed Crimea as Russian and freezing the front line during negotiations in London.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine will not legally recognize Crimea's occupation, commenting on media reports suggesting the U.S. might propose recognizing Crimea as Russian on April 23 in London.
• The Ukrainian delegation at the talks in London on April 23 wants to discuss a 30-day ceasefire, not the framework of U.S. President Donald Trump's "peace plan."