Diplomacy in Ukraine: Donald Trump's emissaries meet Volodymyr Zelensky after Moscow

A fruitful meeting? Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's American envoys, met with Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, September 6, for talks aimed at finding a diplomatic solution to the war between Russia and Ukraine, the day after the visit to Moscow by the two representatives of Donald Trump's administration.

It “seems” that the war will continue until next winter, Volodymyr Zelensky reacted after this afternoon of negotiations. “I believe that each of these fundamental meetings brings us closer to peace,” said the Ukrainian president. According to him, the territorial question can only be "resolved" during meetings between presidents and not during negotiations with third parties.

The talks with kyiv have been “meaningful” and will continue “as long as necessary,” assured Steve Witkoff after the meeting. Jared Kushner, for his part, said he hoped that the discussions in kyiv had made it possible to identify “new avenues” to put an end to the conflict which has been raging for four years.

Three hours of interview with Vladimir Putin

On Saturday evening, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spoke for three hours with Vladimir Putin. Images broadcast in the evening by Russian television show the head of state addressing the Americans: “The situation is of course not simple,” he told them. The American representatives "not only reiterated their usual interest in a rapid end to hostilities, but they also presented a number of ideas on possible paths leading to a settlement", declared Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov, describing to journalists this conversation as "constructive, extremely frank and full of trust". On the American side, a White House spokeswoman told AFP that the two envoys "discussed substantial plans for the next steps, which will be announced in the coming weeks."

Since his return to the White House at the beginning of 2025, Donald Trump has initiated several rounds of discussions to find a way out of the war triggered by the Russian invasion of 2022. In vain. The night from Saturday to Sunday was marked by attacks from both camps. Moscow targeted Ukraine with 108 drones and S8000 Banderol missiles, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, which says it shot down most of them. The Russian army, for its part, claimed to have neutralized 258 Ukrainian drones launched at Russia during the night. According to authorities in both countries, three civilians were injured in Ukraine, while a man was killed and a woman injured in Russia's Belgorod region.