Zelenskyi sums up talks with US representatives: air defense and "winter package"
The discussion focused separately on Ukraine's air defense needs and technological cooperation in this area. The parties also discussed the "winter package" that partners should prepare before the cold season begins.
"Partners know what can work and what must work specifically before winter. We are coordinating further steps. We are preparing for the next meetings and communication. Ukraine's proposals are constructive, and they will always remain so," the head of state noted.
Zelenskyi also recalled that three rounds of talks with the US president's special representatives took place the day before. In addition to the Ukrainian side, representatives of France, the United Kingdom, and Germany took part in the meetings.
Zelenskyi stressed that Ukraine continues to coordinate further steps and is preparing for the next meetings and contacts within the diplomatic process.
Background
As reported, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on September 6. Talks with the American special envoys took place in three rounds. Trump's special representatives held negotiations with the Ukrainian side and with European partners.
Witkoff and Kushner's visit to Kyiv was preceded by their trip to Moscow on September 5. As reported, talks between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and representatives of US President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, lasted more than three hours. The Kremlin said the sides discussed ways to settle the war against Ukraine, as well as possible Russian-American projects. The White House called the talks "substantive."
US President Donald Trump had said that Witkoff and Kushner were "bringing with them a proposal to end the war."
After the talks, Witkoff said he had heard "new ideas that had not worked before" in Moscow. According to him, the American representatives discussed these ideas with Ukrainian officials in Kyiv.
The special envoys also reported a desire to return to a trilateral format of negotiations. A meeting involving Ukraine, the US, and Russia may be announced in the near future.
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