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Ukraine Talks Are “Significant,” U.S. Envoy Says: “We Want This War to End Justly”

From El Universal · () Spanish

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

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  • U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team on a plan to end the war with Russia.
  • Witkoff called the discussions significant and said they would continue, while Kushner said the trip produced new avenues for progress.
  • Zelenskyy said Ukraine wanted a just end to the war that would prevent further Russian aggression, according to UNIAN.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff described talks in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team as “very significant, substantive, important,” saying the discussions would continue for as long as necessary.

Very significant, substantive, important, and we are very encouraged and wish to continue them for as long as necessary.

· Steve WitkoffHe described talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian team in Kyiv.

Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow the previous day. Their trip forms part of diplomatic efforts to end the war that began with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, said he hoped the visit had opened new paths for progress. “I think we learned a lot from this trip,” he said. After the meeting with Zelenskyy, the two U.S. envoys began another session with the Ukrainian delegation and national security advisers from France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

I think we learned a lot from this trip.

· Jared KushnerHe assessed the U.S. envoys’ diplomatic visit to Moscow and Kyiv.

“We don’t want suffering or death. We want this war to end justly and in a way that prevents Russia from continuing to attack Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said, according to UNIAN.

We don’t want suffering or death. We want this war to end justly and in a way that prevents Russia from continuing to attack Ukraine.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyHe stated Ukraine’s aim during talks with the U.S. envoys, according to UNIAN.

Kushner said Trump wanted not only to end the war but also to create conditions for lasting peace in Ukraine. Future agreements, he added, should make another war impossible and allow Ukraine to use the strength and ingenuity it had shown during the war for the country’s development. Kushner reiterated that Trump “is very determined to end this war and end the deaths to make life easier for families.”

He is very determined to end this war and end the deaths to make life easier for families.

· Jared KushnerHe described Donald Trump’s stated commitment to ending the war, according to UNIAN.
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Originally published by El Universal 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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