STORY: Trilateral Ukraine, Russia, U.S. peace talks in Geneva started, the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov said on Telegram, on Tuesday (February 17).

Still photographs showing members of the U.S., Russian, and Ukrainian delegations were released by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia gathered in Geneva on Tuesday for two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks that will focus on the main sticking point of land, with U.S. President Donald Trump pressing Kyiv to act fast to reach a deal.

Trump is pressing Moscow and Kyiv to reach a deal to end Europe's biggest war since 1945, though Zelenskiy has complained that his country is facing the greatest pressure to make concessions.

Ahead of the talks, Russia carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across swathes of Ukraine, inflicting severe damage on the power network in the southern port city of Odesa, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said left tens of thousands without heat and water.

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Trilateral Ukraine, Russia, U.S. peace talks in Geneva have started, Ukraine says

VIDEO SHOWS: STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF PEACE TALKS IN GENEVA

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SHOWS: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (FEBRUARY 17, 2026) (NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE COUNCIL OF UKRAINE - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF STILL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING MEMBERS OF THE U.S., RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN DELEGATIONS ATTENDING TRILATERAL TALKS IN GENEVA

2. STILL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING MEMBERS OF UKRAINIAN DELEGATION

3. STILL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING MEMBERS OF RUSSIAN DELEGATION

4. STILL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING MEMBERS OF THE U.S., RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN DELEGATIONS ATTENDING TRILATERAL TALKS IN GENEVA