Witkoff and Kushner fly to Putin in St. Petersburg after Oslo talks

US President’s special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to fly to St. Petersburg to meet with Vladimir Putin after talks in Oslo.

This is reported by The New York Times.

According to the outlet, one of the goals of the proposed meeting with the Kremlin chief is to secure the release of American Steven Hubbard, who is being held in Russian detention.

Talks in the Norwegian capital began on October 20. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting with Witkoff and European representatives. Kushner is participating in the talks via video link due to illness.

According to Suspilne, the Ukrainian side is represented by President Volodymyr Zelensky, Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov, National Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, Servant of the People parliamentary faction leader David Arakhamia, and Deputy Heads of the Presidential Office Serhiy Kyslytsya and Pavlo Palisa. The European Union is represented by the chief of staff of the European Commission President’s cabinet, Björn Seibert, and NATO by Deputy Head of the Secretary General’s Office Meyer-Minnemann.

Ahead of the Oslo talks, The New York Times reported that US authorities intend to press Zelensky to agree to a peace deal with Russia on Russia’s terms, including territorial concessions. In return, Ukraine is promised economic benefits.

As early as the beginning of October, the outlet Axios wrote that Trump’s representatives could travel to Moscow at the end of the month to hold additional talks with Putin.