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Zelenskyy shows Trump envoys inside Kyiv’s St Sophia Cathedral

From Ukrainska Pravda · () Ukrainian

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  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv and showed them the interior of St Sophia Cathedral.
  • Representatives of France, the United Kingdom and Germany also arrived in Kyiv for negotiations.
  • The meeting followed talks between the US envoys and Russian officials in Moscow, which the White House described as substantive.

After welcoming Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at Kyiv’s Sofiivska Square, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took the US presidential envoys inside St Sophia Cathedral.

The delegation entered the cathedral after Zelenskyy met the envoys in front of its bell tower. They received a short tour, according to photographs released by the Ukrainian President’s Office.

Representatives of France, the United Kingdom and Germany also arrived in Kyiv to take part in negotiations. Zelenskyy said at about 14:20 that talks with Witkoff and Kushner had begun.

The visit followed the envoys’ discussions in Moscow on Sept. 5. Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Putin told the US representatives that he was confident Russia would achieve its war objectives. The White House described the Moscow talks as “substantive” and said it would announce the next steps in the coming weeks.

Substantive

· White HouseThe White House used the word to describe the talks between the US envoys and Russian officials in Moscow.
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Originally published by Ukrainska Pravda in Ukrainian. 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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