The “peace express” reached Kyiv only after a delay
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- U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and presidential adviser Jared Kushner visited Kyiv for the first time after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
- The talks included discussion of a possible peace package and potential economic projects between Russia and the United States.
- The article says the visit produced nothing new for the Ukrainian public, while conditions in Ukraine remained unchanged.
After eight trips to Moscow, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner finally arrived in Kyiv. Their visit came directly after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, where possible joint economic projects between Russia and the United States were also discussed.
It was the first time Witkoff and Kushner had traveled to Ukraine themselves. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, accompanied the special envoy as the two representatives spoke about a possible peace package.
But for the Ukrainian public, the meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brought no new message. The “peace express” had reached Kyiv, but only after the repeated Moscow visits and with Ukraine’s reality still unchanged.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. 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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