The first round focused mainly on security guarantees, according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency, which cited sources close to Ukraine’s negotiating team.
Russia's own demands for security assurances were discussed separately, the agency said.
The sources added that talks also touched on Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction and a future European security architecture.
Kyiv’s position, they said, is that the war must end first, and only then can work begin on a new security system meant to prevent renewed aggression.
Ukraine’s chief negotiator, Rustem Umerov, said his country's priorities were an end to the fighting, credible post-war security guarantees, economic recovery and humanitarian progress.
US President Donald Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, were mediating.
Russia's delegation is led by Vladimir Medinsky, a close adviser to President Vladimir Putin.
Before the talks, Trump said both sides were "tired of fighting" and that a deal could come soon.
Europe’s role remains a central question.
Before the main session, Ukrainian officials and the two US envoys met representatives of France, Germany, Italy, the UK, NATO and the EU.
In a statement afterwards, the EU delegation said any settlement "must respect sovereignty, territorial integrity, independent decision-making, and provide credible security guarantees for Ukraine."
It added that "a strong NATO will remain central to Euro-Atlantic collective defence."
Witkoff said the talks were looking at how existing European institutions and security arrangements could be built on once the war ends, while Kushner called for a "new" security framework involving Europe.
US officials say they have asked Russia to agree to guarantees for Ukraine modelled on NATO's Articles 4 and 5, with the alliance offering similar assurances.
Article 5 is NATO's mutual defence clause, under which an attack on one member is treated as an attack on all.
According to the Reuters news agency, Moscow has made clear it sees no place for Europeans at the table, while France has said there can be no lasting peace without addressing the continent's security.
On Russia’s territorial demands, the agency reports no public sign that Putin will drop his insistence that Ukraine give up the whole of the eastern Donbas region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has refused to cede land and says Ukraine’s recent battlefield gains are strengthening its position.
A US official was cited as saying that American negotiators believe both leaders may be willing to compromise.
Under the proposed deal, Ukraine would get an end to the war, security guarantees and a roadmap to EU membership.
A senior Ukrainian official strongly denied that any such concessions were being considered, saying territory could only be discussed between leaders and alongside appropriate assurances.
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Source: PAP, Reuters, IAR