US Envoys Leave Kyiv Without War Breakthrough as Zelenskyy Seeks 67-Company Winter Air Defense Push
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Updated · The Guardian · Sep 7
US Envoys Leave Kyiv Without War Breakthrough as Zelenskyy Seeks 67-Company Winter Air Defense Push
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 7
Summary
Kyiv talks between Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Volodymyr Zelenskyy ended without a deal to halt the war, though all sides described the discussions as encouraging and agreed to a follow-up meeting with Europe.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine used the visit to press for serious volumes of US support before winter, including Patriot systems and protection for energy infrastructure as Russian strikes intensify.
A senior Ukrainian official said the envoys brought new, more effective settlement proposals after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow, while Witkoff said both sides would need to compromise and new US-mediated talks could be announced soon.
Fighting continued alongside the diplomacy: a Ukrainian drone attack killed 1 girl and wounded 3 in Sevastopol, while Kyiv said it struck the Ryazan oil refinery 480 km inside Russia.
The lack of a breakthrough leaves the war on track to continue into winter, with Putin still seeking more eastern Ukraine and Zelenskyy rejecting any settlement that rewards Russian aggression.