"The diplomatic effort to end the war in Ukraine could be entering a pivotal week, the EU's foreign policy chief has said, as Donald Trump's special envoy prepared to meet Vladimir Putin after talks at the weekend with Ukraine. Steve Witkoff, the property developer turned envoy recently exposed for coaching Russian officials on how to win Trump's favour, will hold talks with Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, the Kremlin announced."
"The EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said it could be a pivotal week for diplomacy, while stressing it was clear that Russia does not want peace. She said weekend talks held in Florida between the US and Ukraine had been difficult but productive, but voiced frustration that Europeans were not represented. Asked whether she trusted the US to find a good solution for Ukraine, she said: Ukrainians are there alone."
"Writing on X, Zelenskyy said the talks in the US had been very constructive and that there were some tough issues that still have to be worked through. European leaders were alarmed by a US plan, heavily tilted in Russia's favour, that emerged last month to end the war. It included granting Moscow territories in eastern Ukraine it did not yet control, while forcing Kyiv to cap the size of its army and abandon its ambition to join Nato."
Steve Witkoff, a property developer turned special envoy exposed for coaching Russian officials on how to win Donald Trump's favour, will meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Emmanuel Macron in Paris and will visit Ireland, while defence minister Denys Shmyhal held talks with EU counterparts in Brussels. Kaja Kallas said the week could be pivotal for diplomacy and asserted that Russia does not want peace. She described weekend US-Ukraine talks in Florida as difficult but productive and expressed frustration that Europeans were not represented. Zelenskyy called the US talks constructive but said tough issues remain. European leaders were alarmed by a US plan to grant Moscow territories, cap Kyiv's army and force abandonment of Nato ambitions; that plan has been scaled back.
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