On Sunday, September 6, talks described as “substantial” took place between US government envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and the Ukrainian government. Kyiv reported that the Americans presented new “more effective” proposals aimed at ending the war with Russia, although Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed concern that the war could continue this winter, given his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin’s reluctance to negotiate directly with him.
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After an initial mission to Moscow, where they spoke with Putin, and then the meeting with the Ukrainian government, Witkoff and Kushner departed Kyiv by train Sunday evening. European security advisors were also present at one of the dialogue sessions with Zelensky. After the talks, the Ukrainian president stated at a Sunday evening press conference: “We count on the support of our European partners if the war should extend into the winter, as it seems at the moment.” For his part, Steve Witkoff, who had previously welcomed the “very significant” talks, said that Moscow and Kyiv will have to compromise to find a way out of the war that has pitted them against each other since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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The war continues on the ground
Meanwhile, reciprocal attacks between Moscow and Kyiv continue: one person was killed and four others injured in the Russian Perm region after a Ukrainian drone attack damaged a residential building, according to a statement by regional governor Dmitry Makhonin. On the Ukrainian front, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed attacks on “port infrastructure and military ships used to support the Ukrainian armed forces.” Last night, “attack drones struck the Mavka, a cargo ship carrying military equipment, in the port of Chornomorsk” in the Odessa oblast. “This morning, attack drones hit a production and loading complex used for unloading military material supplied to the Ukrainian armed forces by Western countries in the port of Izmail. In the Black Sea, a patrol boat used to escort ships carrying military material was hit,” the Kremlin reported.
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