New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday that a delegation headed by security council secretary Rustem Umerov was on its way to the United States to continue talks on an agreement to end Russia's war.

In 2022, Umerov headed Ukraine's State Property Fund, but was best known for negotiating with Russia and for organising successful prisoner exchanges, BBC had reported earlier. Umerov stepped in as charge of the Ukrainian delegation after Zelensky's powerful chief of staff Andriy Yermak abruptly resigned on Friday - just hours after anti-corruption investigators searched his apartment.

Zelensky, in a social media post on X said he expected that the results of previous meetings with the US in Geneva...