Zelensky Urges End to 5-Year War Before Winter as Trump Says Putin Will Meet
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 22
Zelensky Urges End to 5-Year War Before Winter as Trump Says Putin Will Meet
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 22
Summary
At the U.N. General Assembly, Volodymyr Zelensky said he hopes to end Russia’s war in Ukraine “before winter” and wants Donald Trump’s help to do it quickly.
Trump, meeting Zelensky on the sidelines in New York, said Vladimir Putin is willing to meet the Ukrainian leader and “wants to see the war end,” though the two have not met face to face in 7 years.
That timeline remains ambitious: the nearly 5-year war has intensified into escalating airstrikes, and U.S. efforts to restart Kyiv-Moscow talks have so far failed to produce a breakthrough.
This month, Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Ukraine after talks in Moscow, and the U.S. secured a temporary pause in attacks on the two capitals during their trip.