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U.S. facilitating direct engagement between Europe and Russia amid push for peace in Ukraine, Kushner says

Kushner said Europe will join the next round as Washington seeks security guarantees and a prisoner exchange framework for a lasting peace.

  • Jared Kushner, President Trump's special envoy, announced Saturday that the United States is facilitating direct engagement between Moscow and European partners to secure a peace deal in the Ukraine war.
  • Kushner and Steve Witkoff held separate meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this past week, following the first round of U.S.-brokered talks since February.
  • Zelenskyy warned Friday that Moscow could use security framework discussions to weaken NATO and reshape European borders, stating, "In my view, this can be dangerous."
  • European leaders stressed that security decisions must be made by Europeans themselves, warning against allowing Russia to dictate terms or negotiate NATO's future.
  • Kushner added Saturday that lasting peace requires security guarantees for Kyiv and "detailed, actionable postwar security arrangements that reduce the risk of another war.
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Special Representative Trump has revealed what the focus is now.

US President Donald Trump's special envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner said that as the new round of trilateral talks prepares for, several new ideas have emerged that could either lead to a breakthrough or develop into new proposals. Kushner said this on the social network X.

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Special Envoy of President Jared Kouchner of the United States stated that the United States side, after recent contacts in Ukraine, was focused on organizing direct cooperation between Russia and representatives of Europe.

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The United States is working to establish direct contact between Russia and European countries on security issues and the war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump’s special envoy Jared Kushner said after talks in Abu Dhabi. “Our focus now is on facilitating direct contact between Moscow and European partners and preparing the agenda for the next round of trilateral talks,” Kushner wrote. The talks in the capital of the United Arab Emirates took pl…

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