Zelensky spoke after the meeting in Oslo. Witkoff and Kushner fly to St. Petersburg

On Tuesday, Witkoff met personally with the president of Ukraine in Oslo. Kushner participated in the talks remotely because he allegedly had the flu. The Prime Minister of Norway and the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, also took part in the talks.

As reported by The New York Times, Witkoff and Kushner will meet with the Russian leader on October 21 in St. Petersburg.

The information about the planned meeting with Putin was confirmed - after talks with Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump's negotiators - by the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre.

During the talks in Oslo, certain elements of a peace agreement were reached, and these proposals will be presented in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, said the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, on Tuesday.

The New York daily reported that the Trump administration's envoys want to make another attempt to show the benefits of concluding agreements with Moscow. One possible outcome of the talks would be the release of an American citizen long held by Russia. It's probably Stephen Hubbard.

Hubbard, 72, was sentenced in October 2024 by a Russian court to six years and ten months in a penal colony for mercenary activities. Russian services claimed that in February 2022 he joined the Ukrainian territorial defense of Izium in the Kharkiv Oblast.

The man had been living there since 2014, and in April 2022 he was captured by Russians.

During a short speech to journalists, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev "is grateful to the United States for restoring access to intelligence data and the early warning system against Russian ballistic attacks." Earlier, there was information that access to key data was cut off on Washington's political orders, which both Trump and representatives of his administration strongly denied.

Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine is not losing the war with Russia. During the meeting in Oslo, the head of the presidential office, Kyrylo Budanov, appealed for a realistic assessment of the situation on the front, giving the example of the city of Dobropole, which Putin lists among his territorial gains, but which is still under full control of Kiev.

Volodymyr Zelensky, however, noted that his country is suffering heavy human losses and is therefore ready to look for a way to end the conflict.

There is nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, he said, commenting on reports that the fate of the war will be decided during a meeting of representatives of the US, Russia and China.