Zelenskyy meets Witkoff and Kushner in Kyiv, talks begin – video
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met US President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv, as they arrived in Ukraine for the first time as part of efforts to end the war.
Source: Radio Liberty, as reported by European Pravda; Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)
Details: President Zelenskyy welcomed Kushner and Witkoff in the centre of Kyiv, in Sofiiska Square.
Commenting on the US negotiators' talks at the Kremlin on 5 September, a White House representative told Radio Liberty that the two sides had discussed concrete plans for the next steps, which will be announced in the coming weeks. The representative added that Trump's envoys were looking forward to equally productive meetings in Ukraine on 6 September.
Update: At 14:15, Zelenskyy reported that the talks had begun.
Background:
- Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Ukraine on Sunday.
- Earlier on 6 September, Zelenskyy said he had held a meeting with the negotiating team ahead of the meeting with the US president's envoys.
- Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, said Putin told the US envoys during Saturday's talks that he is confident his war aims will be achieved. The White House described the talks as "substantive" and announced that the next steps will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
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