FILE PHOTO: Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak speaks at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, in Copenhagen, Denmark May 14, 2024. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via REUTERS/File Photo
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff said on Friday that a full withdrawal of Russian troops, and not just peace talks, were essential to ending his country's more than 2-1/2-year-old war against Moscow.
The chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, was addressing an international meeting devoted to implementing a peace plan, one of several gatherings staged as a follow-up to last June's world "peace summit" hosted by Switzerland.
