Trump’s envoys in Moscow and Kyiv

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Trump’s envoys in Moscow and Kyiv – no apparent success

The US negotiators view their talks in Moscow and Kyiv positively. But Zelenskyj is already thinking about winter. Because the war continues for now.

In the struggle to end the war in Ukraine, US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow and Kyiv no immediate progress shown. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Although he spoke of “extremely contentful” conversations, he made it clear that the bottom line was that there was little. After the talks concluded, he was not very optimistic: “If the war drags on until winter, and that is what it looks like at the moment, we need a ‘winter package’,” he was quoted as saying by the Ukrainian media.

Trump’s envoys Witkoff and Kushner have visited Moscow several times since 2025, but have never been to Kiev before for their mediation efforts – for the Ukraine one more proof of the drastic change of course USA under Trump in dealing with the Russian war of aggression, which has been going on for more than four and a half years. Before Witkoff and Kushner arrived in the Ukrainian capital for the first time on Sunday, they sat with the Kremlin chief for almost three hours on Saturday evening Vladimir Putin together.

Trump’s son-in-law Kushner spoke out in favor of resuming trilateral talks between Ukraine and Russia under US mediation. “Hopefully we will see progress very soon,” he said CNN with a view to the recent talks in Kyiv and Moscow.

Zelensky jokingly said that the presence of Witkoff and Kushner “worked better than the Patriot anti-aircraft systems.” The two emissaries of the US President Donald Trump should come to Kiev more often to give the residents a chance to breathe a little without the constant Russian attacks.

Kremlin chief Putin had announced a three-day break in attacks on Kiev for the duration of the US negotiators’ visit, and Ukraine refrained from attacks against Moscow during this time. Ukraine complains about a shortage of Patriot missiles, the only means of defense against Russian missiles.

The security advisors to the heads of state and government from Germany also took part in the negotiations in Kiev, France and Great Britain part. “We have agreed that Ukraine, Europe and America will meet shortly,” Zelensky said afterwards. He did not give a specific date. Finally, Zelensky reiterated the view that a meeting at the highest level is necessary to resolve the most important issues in the Ukraine conflict, such as territorial division. Putin has so far categorically rejected a direct meeting with Zelensky at a neutral location. Instead, he called on Zelensky to come to Moscow for talks. The Ukrainian head of state rejected this.