Witkoff and Kushner hold Ukraine talks after meeting Putin
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following discussions in Moscow with Vladimir Putin. Despite the diplomatic effort, no breakthrough was reached regarding the ongoing war, with both sides remaining divided over territorial issues.
Why it matters
The involvement of high-profile US figures in back-channel diplomacy underscores the complexity of finding a resolution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict before the winter season.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, seeking to revive efforts to end the war. But the latest diplomatic push seems to have produced no breakthrough.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Lhl5 The US envoys met Zelenskyy after talking to Putin in Moscow Advertisement US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held "encouraging" talks in Kyiv on Sunday during their first official visit to Ukraine , but made no breakthrough toward ending Russia’s war in Ukraine .
Despite the renewed diplomatic push, Moscow and Kyiv remain divided over key issues, particularly territorial concessions. Kushner acknowledged the challenge, saying the US was working "behind the scenes" to create the conditions for a possible deal.
"It’s a very, very hard problem, but we’re going to try," Kushner said.
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