Zelensky expects Witkoff, Kushner to visit Kyiv in two weeks

Zelensky expects Witkoff, Kushner to visit Kyiv in two weeks

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he expects U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to visit Kyiv in about two weeks.

According to Ukrinform, Zelensky made the statement in an interview with CBS News.

When asked when he last heard from Trump's peace envoys and whether they would come to Kyiv, Zelensky said: "Yes, we count on they are coming to Kyiv. I hope that they will find a possibility to come here in two weeks. But at least I've got such message from my negotiation group, they told me that they had contacts with Steve and Jared, and they said that they are ready to come to Ukraine and to speak, if, of course, if – always if. And today, 'if,' it means Middle East."

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He stressed that Ukrainians "need to see an American negotiation group in Ukraine."

"They've never been here. I think it's important, not [only] for us. It's useful for them to understand, to see, to see people, that their life is going on, but we want to stop this war. It's meant to stop Russia. They've been several times in Moscow. I said previously about it, if they want to go this time to Moscow, they have to come to Kyiv and then go to Moscow. I think it will be helpful," Zelensky said.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Sweden that talks involving Washington on ending Russia's war against Ukraine had stalled due to a lack of progress, but the United States was ready to re-engage if there were real prospects for results.

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