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Trump envoys call talks with Zelenskyy significant

From El Nacional · () Spanish

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

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  • Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff held what they called significant talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team about a plan to end the war with Russia.
  • The visit marked the first trip to Kyiv by the two U.S. envoys, who had met Putin in Moscow the previous day.
  • Russia and Ukraine announced temporary pauses in attacks around Kyiv and Moscow as the talks took place, while peace efforts remained stalled.

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff described their first visit to Kyiv as U.S. envoys as a meaningful step in efforts to end the war with Russia. After meeting President Vladimir Putin in Moscow the previous day, they held talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team about a peace plan.

We had a very meaningful, substantive, important discussion, and we are very encouraged and want to continue them for as long as necessary.

· Steve WitkoffHe described the talks with Zelenskyy after the U.S. envoys’ first visit to Kyiv.

“We had a very meaningful, substantive, important discussion, and we are very encouraged and want to continue them for as long as necessary,” Witkoff said after the meeting. Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, said he hoped the trip had “opened up new avenues for progress” and added, “I think we learned a lot from this trip.”

The talks continued with Ukrainian officials and security representatives from the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Zelenskyy thanked the Europeans for attending and said, “We are all on the same side.”

I hope this trip has opened up new avenues for progress.

· Jared KushnerKushner described what he hoped the Kyiv visit would achieve.

The visit took place during a temporary pause in attacks. Putin ordered a halt to bombardments of Kyiv from Saturday through Monday and said Russia would guarantee the envoys’ safety. Ukraine also announced a suspension of attacks on Moscow during the same period. The U.S. envoys arrived in Kyiv by train.

We are all on the same side.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy spoke after talks with the U.S. envoys and European security officials.

Witkoff and Kushner have visited Moscow eight times since beginning their mediation efforts, but this was their first trip to the Ukrainian capital. A White House official told AFP that the envoys and Putin had discussed “substantive plans for next steps, to be announced in the coming weeks.” The peace effort has stalled, while Moscow and Kyiv have intensified their actions. In Kyiv, residents reacted differently: one 29-year-old man expressed skepticism after repeated negotiations failed to produce peace, while 67-year-old Nataliia Lipekh called the visit absolutely necessary, saying Ukraine’s land was already soaked in blood and needed help.

Our land is already soaked in blood and we need help.

· Nataliia LipekhA Kyiv resident said the envoys’ visit was absolutely necessary.
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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. 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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