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Zelenskyy begins peace talks with U.S. envoys

From Diario Libre · () Spanish

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

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  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy began talks in Kyiv with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on efforts to end the war with Russia.
  • Zelenskyy said the negotiations had started in a message on Telegram.
  • The discussions were due to continue with representatives from Germany, France and the United Kingdom after the U.S.-Ukraine meeting.

“We have begun negotiations,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram as he opened a meeting with White House envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

The talks in Kyiv form the first part of a broader day of discussions aimed at reviving dialogue to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. A second session was scheduled to include representatives from Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

The meeting followed a visit by Witkoff and Kushner to Moscow on Saturday, where they met Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two U.S. envoys presented him with a proposal to end the war before traveling to Kyiv, where members of Ukraine’s negotiating team received them.

Washington is seeking to advance an agreement through the meetings, while Zelenskyy’s announcement confirmed that the U.S.-Ukraine negotiations had formally begun.

We have begun negotiations.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyThe Ukrainian president announced the start of the meeting with U.S. envoys in a Telegram message.
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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.

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