Kushner and Witkoff to discuss new peace plan with Ukrainian delegation, sources say
Ukrainian negotiators heading to the U.S.for talks to end the war with Russia will be presented with a comprehensive new plan in an effort to break the impasse, according to a senior administration official.The talks led by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are the latest attempt to negotiate a settlement amid intensifying deadly aerial attacks on both sides of the border.
The discussions will center on “a new, unified proposal that is focused on all aspects of the conflict to try to end the war,” the senior administration official told NBC News Thursday evening.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian delegation will travel to the U.S.
for two days of talks starting Friday, and include the head of the country’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Rustem Umerov, and the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov.Add to GoogleNATO expands defense training in member states as Russia drone threats escalate in Europe05:00Zelenskky acknowledged a possible new phase in the negotiations.“We see on the part of the United States of America, an intensification of talks and meetings,” he told reporters, without mentioning any new proposals.
“I myself have spoken with the American side three times in recent days, and I hope for a good result from our negotiators’ meeting.”President Donald Trump vowed to swiftly end the conflict that began when Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022.Despite numerous meetings and talks to broker a ceasefire since he took office, the two sides have been locked in a stalemate over the industrial region of Donbas in Ukraine’s east.
A multi-floor residential building destroyed following a Russian aerial strike in Pryluky, northern Ukraine, on Wednesday.Genya Savilov / AFP via GettyRussian President Vladimir Putin has said that he wants to seize the entire region, parts of which Kyiv’s forces still hold.Zelenskyy has ruled out ceding this territory, arguing ...