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US envoys arrive in Kyiv after talks with Putin in Moscow

From Clarín · () Spanish

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  • US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv after holding more than three hours of closed-door talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
  • The Moscow meeting ended without announced progress, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was ready for constructive discussions with the United States.
  • Russian and Ukrainian attacks continued, with at least one person killed and 10 wounded in Ukraine overnight, according to Ukrainian officials.

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow, bringing a renewed American push for peace into direct contact with Ukraine as airstrikes continued.

It was the envoys’ first official visit to Ukraine as part of the latest effort to restart negotiations following Russia’s full-scale invasion. Their trip came a day after a more than three-hour, closed-door meeting with Putin. The Moscow talks ended without any announcement of progress.

We are interested in bringing the war to an end.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyThe Ukrainian president said Kyiv was ready to engage with US representatives.

Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s foreign policy adviser, described the discussion as constructive, frank and useful. He said Moscow had provided a comprehensive assessment of the battlefield situation, but added that the talks were not focused solely on the war in Ukraine. Economic issues and potentially large joint projects that could benefit Russia and the United States were also discussed.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was ready for a constructive conversation with US representatives. “We are interested in bringing the war to an end,” he wrote on Telegram. “Peace is needed. Security guarantees are needed. A just and sustainable postwar peace is needed. Our proposals are ready.”

Washington’s drive to end the fighting has lost momentum after the United States spent the past six months focused on the war with Iran. Witkoff and Kushner, who is President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, last made a known visit to Moscow in January, when they also met Putin at the Kremlin.

Peace is needed. Security guarantees are needed. A just and sustainable postwar peace is needed. Our proposals are ready.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy outlined the conditions he said Ukraine sought from renewed discussions.

Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine continued exchanging attacks. The aerial war has intensified as ground forces struggle to advance along the 1,250-kilometer front line. Russia has recently used fast drones powered by jet engines, while air-raid sirens have become a recurring part of daily life in Kyiv.

Putin and Zelenskyy had agreed to pause attacks on each other’s capitals during the talks, but officials said both sides launched strikes overnight. Russian attacks across several Ukrainian regions killed one person and wounded at least 10, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. Drone attacks killed a 74-year-old man and wounded three people in Zaporizhzhia, while another drone damaged an apartment building and wounded seven people in Khmelnytskyi. Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted 82 of the 108 drones launched by Russia.

Constructive, frank and useful.

· Yuri UshakovPutin’s foreign policy adviser characterized the closed-door Moscow meeting.
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Originally published by Clarín 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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