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Ukraine Peace Talks Resume as Trump Envoys Meet Zelenskyy

From 24.kg · () Russian

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  • U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv by train and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, local media reported.
  • Ukraine’s negotiating team included Kyrylo Budanov, Rustem Umerov, David Arakhamia and Serhii Kyslytsia.
  • The visit followed talks between the two envoys and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, which both Washington and the Kremlin described as substantive.

U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, arrived in Kyiv by train as efforts to revive negotiations over Ukraine moved forward. A Ukrainian negotiating team met them at the station, including Kyrylo Budanov, Rustem Umerov, David Arakhamia and Serhii Kyslytsia.

Local media reported that Witkoff and Kushner had already met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Details of the meeting remained unknown at the time of the report.

substantive

· U.S. presidential administrationThe administration used this description for Witkoff and Kushner’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

The visit marked the first time Witkoff and Kushner had traveled to Ukraine since they began working on a peace settlement. Their arrival in Kyiv came a day after they met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

The U.S. presidential administration described the Moscow talks as “substantive.” The Kremlin gave the discussions a similarly positive characterization, calling them “substantive, extremely frank and trusting.”

substantive, extremely frank and trusting

· The KremlinThe Kremlin used this characterization for the envoys’ meeting with Putin.
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