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Ukraine and the US Discuss Peace, With Germany and France Present, but Poland Absent

From Rzeczpospolita · () Polish

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

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  • US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv after talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  • France, Britain and Germany represented Europe at the Kyiv discussions, while Poland was absent.
  • A Zelenskyy aide told AFP the engagement differed from earlier efforts and was more effective, while Zelenskyy said the Ukrainians had waited a long time for the meeting.

At a crucial moment in talks between Donald Trump’s envoys and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, France, Britain and Germany represented Europe. Poland did not have a place in the group.

New York businessman Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner had already traveled to Moscow for the eighth time on Saturday. The next day, they appeared in Kyiv for the first time. They came by train directly from talks at the Kremlin.

It is not like before. Now it is more effective.

· An aide to Volodymyr ZelenskyyThe aide told AFP that the latest engagement between US envoys and Ukraine differed from earlier efforts.

Vladimir Putin spent several hours with the two US presidential envoys. The Ukrainian leader did the same. One of Zelenskyy’s aides told AFP, “It is not like before. Now it is more effective.”

Zelenskyy greeted the two Americans by saying, “We have been waiting for this for a long time.” The meeting placed France, Britain and Germany alongside Ukraine during the Kyiv discussions, while Poland was left outside the European representation described in the report.

We have been waiting for this for a long time.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyThe Ukrainian president addressed Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner when they arrived in Kyiv from talks at the Kremlin.
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Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. 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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