Crisis on U.S. delegation’s journey to Kyiv: Zelenskyy accuses Russia
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- Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian airports were ready to receive a U.S. delegation but claimed Russia prevented the envoys’ plane from reaching Ukraine.
- Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled by air to Poland and then continued to Ukraine by train.
- Zelenskyy said he hoped for a candid dialogue with the U.S. delegation and that European representatives would join the talks later.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia prevented U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, from flying directly to Kyiv.
Speaking to journalists, the Ukrainian president said Ukraine’s airports had been ready to receive the American delegation. He said Russia had not allowed the delegation’s aircraft to arrive.
Witkoff and Kushner, who met Russian President Vladimir Putin the previous day, flew to Poland and then traveled by train to Ukraine. Zelenskyy said he hoped to hold a candid dialogue with the U.S. delegation and added that European representatives would join the negotiations later.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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