Ukraine Peace Talks: Zelenskyy Meets U.S. Envoys
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At a glance
- Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after visiting the Kremlin.
- The U.S. envoys had presented Vladimir Putin with a proposal aimed at ending the war.
- Zelenskyyโs office said Ukraine and the U.S. were coordinating closely on the next steps toward ending the conflict.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday, a day after visiting the Kremlin to present Vladimir Putin with a proposal to end the war in Ukraine. Their visit brought the U.S. envoys into direct talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as diplomatic efforts continued.
โWelcome to Kyiv the representatives of the president of the United States, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner,โ Ukraineโs presidential office said on its official Telegram account, reposting a message from one of Zelenskyyโs negotiators.
Welcome to Kyiv the representatives of the president of the United States, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
The office added: โWe continue close coordination on the next steps to end the war.โ Images released by Zelenskyyโs office showed the two White House envoys being received at Kyivโs railway station by the full Ukrainian negotiating team.
The delegation included Chief of Staff Kyrylo Budanov, Foreign Intelligence Service chief Rustem Umerov and David Arakhamia, leader of the ruling Servant of the People party. The meeting followed the envoysโ presentation of the peace proposal to Putin in Moscow.
We continue close coordination on the next steps to end the war.
Originally published by Diario Libre 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.