Reuters: Kushner and Witkoff to travel to Norway for Ukraine talks

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, and Steve Witkoff, US Special Envoy for the Middle East, are expected to take part in the next round of talks on ending the war in Ukraine,to be held in Norway this week.

Source: Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter

Details: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to take part in the meetings.

The talks will take place amid rising tensions between Washington and Kyiv over restrictions on Starshield and intelligence sharing.

In addition, one person familiar with the matter said US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has still not authorised the delivery of the latest package of US weapons purchased by NATO allies under the PURL programme . 

However, the source could not confirm whether the package included missiles for Patriot air defence systems.

The White House has not yet officially commented on the information.

Background:

• On 18 October, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused US President Donald Trump of trying to pressure Ukraine into capitulating to Russia and delaying deliveries of interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems.
• On 19 October, Trump accused Zelenskyy of supposedly never having wanted to end Russia's war against Ukraine.

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