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Zelenskyy Meets Trump Envoys in Kyiv to Restart Talks on Ending Russia’s War

From Clarín · () Spanish

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  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy met U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv to try to restart talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.
  • The envoys arrived by train after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow, while Zelenskyy planned a further session with representatives of Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
  • Ukrainian officials said their peace proposals were ready, but the dialogue had remained stalled for more than six months.

“We have begun negotiations,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after meeting White House envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv. The Ukrainian president was also due to hold a separate session with representatives of Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

We have begun negotiations.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy announced the start of the meeting with the U.S. envoys.

The meeting marked the first visit to Kyiv by Witkoff and Kushner since Donald Trump’s administration began its second term. The two had travelled to Moscow several times, but Zelenskyy and his team had previously needed to meet them in the United States or elsewhere. Their latest meeting before the Kyiv visit took place in Miami in late March.

Witkoff and Kushner arrived by train after presenting Vladimir Putin with a proposal to end the war at the Kremlin the previous day. Zelenskyy said the Russians had not allowed them to fly into the country, despite a declared halt to attacks on Kyiv until Monday. Ukrainian negotiators received the delegation at the railway station before it travelled to Sofia Square, where Zelenskyy welcomed the envoys.

We have been waiting for Steve and Jared for a long time.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyHe welcomed Witkoff and Kushner during their first visit to Kyiv in this mediation effort.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s proposals for a dignified peace were ready and that the next step required working “in a coordinated, substantial and realistic” way. His chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, described the day as intense and the negotiations as important, saying the participants were working together for “a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.”

We have an intense day ahead and important negotiations.

· Kyrylo BudanovThe Ukrainian official described the planned diplomatic meetings.

The peace dialogue has remained stalled for more than six months, the article says, because of the war between the United States and Iran and the inability of Russia and Ukraine to narrow their differences. Zelenskyy has also met Trump twice in July, during the NATO summit and in the Oval Office.

A just and lasting peace for Ukraine.

· Kyrylo BudanovBudanov stated the shared objective of the negotiations.
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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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