Witkoff confident of ‘good resolution’ after Kyiv meeting, as US pushes for trilateral talks with Russia

Kyiv, Ukraine — US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner pushed for a return to trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine on Sunday after “substantive” discussions with Ukrainian officials in Kyiv.” “We want to prevent loss of life, we want this war to end fairly for all of us, and we want it to end in such a way that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is never repeated,” Zelensky said during an earlier press briefing following the first round of talks.“One thing Steve (Witkoff) and I really thought would be productive is to go back to the trilateral format, which we were able to do about six months ago,” Kushner said in a news conference following the talks in Kyiv Kushner said he prefers trilateral talks as they allow all parties to communicate directly, without the US having to speak for Ukraine or Russia.