U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll attends a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (not pictured), amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 20, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak poses for the press, as he attends a meeting between Spain's King Felipe and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (not pictured), at the Zarzuela Palace, in Madrid, Spain, November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said on Tuesday he spoke to U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, a key member of the U.S. negotiating team on a Ukrainian settlement, and expected him in Kyiv this week.

"Thank you for your objectivity and constructiveness," Yermak wrote on Telegram. "As set out by President Trump, we expect the (Army Secretary) in Kyiv this week, and we are ready to continue working as quickly as possible to finalise the steps necessary to end the bloodshed."

Yermak, part of the Ukrainian delegation that held talks in Geneva with U.S. officials on Washington's peace proposal, said those talks were "a good foundation" and added that Zelenskiy and his team were "fully committed to further work".

(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleksandr Kozhukhar; Editing by Nia Williams)