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Hope for Peace in the Russia-Ukraine War

From Sabah · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow before traveling to Kyiv.
  • In Kyiv, they met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and members of Ukraine's negotiating team.
  • The Kremlin called the Moscow meeting constructive and candid, while the White House said the envoys discussed concrete plans for the next steps toward ending the war.

After meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow, U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Kyiv and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Ukrainian negotiators received the two envoys in the capital before the meeting with Zelenskyy.

National security advisers from France, Britain and Germany also joined the discussions at Zelenskyy's invitation, according to the report. Their participation brought European officials into the meetings as the diplomatic effort continued in both Moscow and Kyiv.

Constructive and extremely frank.

· KremlinThe Kremlin's description of the roughly three-hour meeting between Putin and Trump's envoys in Moscow.

The Kremlin said the Moscow talks lasted about three hours and described them as "constructive and extremely frank." The White House said Witkoff and Kushner discussed "concrete plans for the next steps" toward bringing the war to an end.

Concrete plans for the next steps.

· White HouseThe White House's account of what Witkoff and Kushner discussed with Putin.
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Originally published by Sabah 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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