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Zelenskyy Warns War Could Last Through Winter After Talks With Trump Team

From Večernji List · () Croatian

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

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  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy said current developments suggested the war could continue into winter and that Ukraine would need a “winter package” if it did.
  • Zelenskyy described talks with U.S. and European representatives as “extremely substantive” and said Ukraine, Europe and the United States would meet soon.
  • Jared Kushner said the United States wanted to continue trilateral talks between Ukraine and Russia, while key issues including territorial divisions remained unresolved.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not hiding his concern that the war could continue through winter. “If the war drags on into winter, and things currently look that way, we will need a ‘winter package,’” he said after talks with U.S. and European representatives in Kyiv.

If the war drags on into winter, and things currently look that way, we will need a ‘winter package.’

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy warned that Ukraine would need additional support if the war continued into winter.

Zelenskyy said he discussed the issue at length with U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, as well as European representatives. Security advisers to the leaders of Germany, France and the United Kingdom also took part in the Kyiv discussions. He described the talks as “extremely substantive” and said Ukraine, Europe and the United States had agreed to meet soon, without giving a date.

He also referred to a three-day pause in Russian attacks on Kyiv during the U.S. negotiators’ visit. Ukraine, in turn, refrained from attacking Moscow during that period. Zelenskyy joked that Witkoff and Kushner’s presence “seemed to work better than Patriot air-defense systems.”

Extremely substantive.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyHe used the phrase to describe talks with U.S. and European representatives in Kyiv.

The Ukrainian president again argued that a meeting at the highest level was needed to resolve central issues in the conflict, including territorial divisions. Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected a direct meeting with Zelenskyy at a neutral location and instead invited him to Moscow, an invitation Zelenskyy refused.

Seemed to work better than Patriot air-defense systems.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy joked about the apparent effect of the U.S. negotiators’ presence during the pause in attacks.

Kushner called for trilateral Ukraine-Russia talks mediated by the United States. “We have spoken with both sides, so hopefully we will make progress on that very soon,” he said. He added that Donald Trump sought lasting peace for Ukraine and said future agreements should prevent another war and allow Ukraine to use the ingenuity it had shown during the conflict for the country’s future development. U.S. envoys also held talks with Putin in Moscow that lasted nearly three hours and reportedly brought new proposals.

We have spoken with both sides, so hopefully we will make progress on that very soon.

· Jared KushnerKushner discussed efforts to resume trilateral talks between Ukraine and Russia with U.S. mediation.
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Originally published by Večernji List in Croatian. 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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