Ukrainian Delegation to Meet US Envoys Kushner and Witkoff on Proposed Peace Plan
Ukrainian officials will travel to Washington for two days of talks with U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to discuss a comprehensive proposal aimed at ending the war with Russia.
Ukrainian negotiators are scheduled to arrive in the United States on Friday for a two-day series of meetings with U.S. officials focused on a new, unified peace proposal. The talks will be led by special envoy Steve Witkoff and former White House adviser Jared Kushner, who is also President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.
According to a senior administration official, the discussions will address “all aspects of the conflict” in an effort to break the current stalemate. Ukraine’s delegation is expected to include Rustem Umerov, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, and Kyrylo Budanov, chief of the president’s office.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United States appears to be intensifying diplomatic contacts and expressed hope for a positive outcome, noting he has spoken with American representatives three times in recent days. > "We see on the part of the United States of America, an intensification of talks and meetings," Zelenskyy told reporters. > "I hope for a good result from our negotiators’ meeting."