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Top Ukrainian and American negotiators have jointly called on Russia to show a "serious commitment to long-term peace" after talks in Moscow earlier this week failed to produce a breakthrough.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security Council, made the call after two days of "constructive discussions" in Florida.
They said in a statement that the prospect of ending the war in Ukraine depends on Russia's "willingness" to take "steps towards reducing tensions and stopping the killings."
The negotiations, which are also being attended by US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will continue for a third day on Saturday.
"An end to the war and credible steps towards a ceasefire and a reduction in tensions are necessary to prevent new aggression," the statement said, which marked the sixth round of discussions in two weeks.
The talks in Florida have seen Ukraine's team briefed on talks between Trump's top foreign policy envoy and Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week.
Witkoff spent almost five hours with Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, after which the Kremlin said "no compromise had been reached" on the draft US peace plan.
The Kremlin said Putin was ready to continue meeting with the Americans "as often as necessary," but Ukraine and its allies in Europe have questioned the Russian leader's commitment to ending the war.
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he wanted to "receive full information about what was said in Moscow and what other pretexts Putin has invented to drag out the war."
Kiev has demanded revisions to the US peace plan, which was widely seen as favorable to Moscow when an initial version was released to the media. It has since undergone several changes, although a more recent version has not been publicly shared.
Key points of disagreement remain between the two sides, including security guarantees for Ukraine after the war and territorial concessions.
Russia currently controls roughly a fifth of Ukraine's territory, including parts of the Donbass area in the east - made up of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
In an interview with India Today on Friday, Putin warned Ukrainian troops to fully withdraw from the region this week, saying otherwise Russia would "liberate these territories [of Donbas] by force."
Ahead of the US negotiators' visit to the Kremlin, Putin was filmed in military uniform at a Russian command post, being briefed by commanders who claimed to have captured the strategic town of Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region, as well as other nearby settlements.
Ukraine rejects Russia's claim that it has lost control of the city.
Kiev and its European allies believe that the most effective way to deter Russia from attacking again in the future would be to grant Ukraine NATO membership, or to offer comprehensive security guarantees.
Russia is categorically against this, while Trump has also repeatedly signaled that he has no intention of allowing Ukraine to join the military alliance.
The prospect of Ukraine's NATO membership was a "key issue" that was addressed in Moscow, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
Trump said those talks were "pretty good," but it was too early to say what would happen. He said it was too early to say what would happen because "it takes two to tango."
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