Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets Steve Witkoff after relations sour

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was meeting US special envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday in a bid to rescue relations that have sunk to new lows as Donald Trump has courted Moscow and Kyiv has complained about Washington withholding vital defences.

Zelenskiy and Witkoff clasped one another in a hug as they went into the talks hosted by the leaders of Norway and Finland in Oslo. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner was attending remotely.

Zelenskiy held talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and Finnish President Alexander Stubb ahead of his meeting with the US delegation.


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Kyiv says Washington has lately failed to provide early warning of Russian missile launches, throttled SpaceX's Starshield satellite links that guide Ukrainian drones, and failed to deliver air defences paid for by European allies.

Washington denies deliberately hindering Ukraine's war effort. In the latest comments expressing warmth towards Moscow and coldness towards Kyiv, asking Zelenskyy to be replaced.