New hope for Kyiv? US negotiator travels to Russia

Ukraine war

New hope for Kyiv? US negotiator travels to Russia

Ukraine and the USA are talking to each other again, even if Trump has previously denied Kiev’s willingness to make peace. After meeting with Zelensky in Oslo, US negotiator Witkoff travels to Russia.

In the diplomatic efforts for peace in the Ukraine Apparently there is movement: after a meeting with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky US negotiator Steve Witkoff continues his journey in Oslo Russia. “Steve Witkoff will fly to Saint Petersburg tomorrow to hold talks with the Russian leadership,” said Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who was hosting the talks with Finnish President Alexander Stubb Norway was, on Tuesday evening. According to Støre, “the proposals that European and American colleagues have drawn up” should be presented.

The Norwegian capital is a new location in the so far unsuccessful peace efforts for the country, which has been subjected to a devastating war of aggression by Russia for four and a half years. The format is also new. Zelenskyj, Witkoff, Støre and Stubb took part in the meeting on site. There were also US negotiators Jared Kushner According to Norwegian media, representatives of several European countries, including Germany and the EU and the NATO connected via video. Europe must live with the consequences of the war in Ukraine, said Støre. It is therefore appropriate for the European states to play a more central role in the negotiations than before.

During the talks, the parties discussed security guarantees for Ukraine, territorial issues, sanctions and European security after the war, said the Norwegian Prime Minister. According to the Norwegian government, the aim was to “steer diplomatic efforts back into more constructive directions.” “We are ready for negotiations,” emphasized Zelensky after the meeting. “We are not losing the war, but we are losing lives. And because Russia attacks, we are losing lives and time.”

The meeting is part of that of US President Donald Trump diplomacy being pushed forward these days. However, this relies heavily on communication Moscowas pressure on Ukraine grows. Trump intervened Washington Zelenskyj again complained that he was “no real help” in the peace efforts. Witkoff and Kushner were in the effort USA has already traveled to Russia several times to bring an end to the Ukraine war. The two negotiators were there for the first time at the beginning of September Kyiv.

Trump also appeared open to a possible three-way meeting with the Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin and China’s head of state Xi Jinping. “We would do this to talk about nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament,” Trump said on Monday (local time) in Washington. A meeting of the three largest nuclear powers on nuclear disarmament is “a very good thing for the world” and one that he would take up at any time. Trump said he would also address other topics “such as Ukraine” on such an occasion. Zelensky, however, emphasized in Oslo that his country must be at the table in negotiations about Ukraine.