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2026-11-05 13:18:26
[Zelenskyy says he spoke with US envoy and Kushner to prepare for trilateral talks between the US, Ukraine and Russia] (1) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that he spoke with US envoy Steve Witkov and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner ahead of trilateral talks with the US, Ukraine and Russia. (2) Zelenskyy said the three spoke for 90 minutes to prepare for talks scheduled for November 10-11 in Brussels, Belgium, with participants including teams from the US, EU, France, UK, Germany, NATO, World Bank and global business representatives. (3) He said the meeting focused on postwar reconstruction; another meeting on security guarantees for Ukraine will be held in Brussels the following day, and negotiations must proceed at full speed to end the war as soon as possible. (4) Zelensky said Ukraine is ready to take the necessary steps, and its proposals are clear and have been delivered to the U.S.; air defense is a key priority, Ukraine needs the Patriot missile system to protect lives from Russian attacks, and called on the U.S. to continue working on "every bilateral track." (5) He said there is no alternative to peace, and postwar security guarantees must be truly rock-solid. (6) Witkov announced on Monday that talks will be held next week in Abu Dhabi, and the talks with Zelensky and European partners will focus on Ukrainian security and postwar reconstruction, as well as economic opportunities to support Ukraine's reconstruction. (7) The talks are taking place as Trump pushes to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, which is about to enter its fifth year since the Russian invasion. Zelensky warned that Russia is seeking to launch new attacks, targeting Ukraine's "energy and logistics." (8) Yuri Ushakov, Russian President Putin's foreign affairs advisor, told reporters that after meeting with Witkov last month, Putin agreed "in principle" to restart talks next week. (9) According to the Associated Press, Putin said in a televised address before the meeting that he was also prepared to consider the prospects of restoring US-Russia relations and to discuss the war with Iran; Ushakov said that the meeting with Witkov also discussed in detail "large-scale joint economic projects with significant prospects for cooperation between the US and Russia".
