The diplomatic meeting follows a period of friction between Washington and Kyiv over restricted intelligence sharing and delays in shipping Patriot missile batteries, while Ukraine absorbs 16 ballistic missile strikes per night. US envoy Jared Kushner will join the Oslo talks virtually due to the flu. In addition to the territorial negotiations, Witkoff's subsequent trip to Moscow will include efforts to secure the release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard, who has been detained in Russia since 2022.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has landed in Oslo to meet with US envoy Steve Witkoff and leaders from Norway and Finland to negotiate a framework for ending the war with Russia. The discussions, which include officials from the EU, NATO, and the governments of Britain, France, Germany, and Poland, are marked by a White House push for Kyiv to accept a peace deal based largely on Moscow's terms, according to the New York Times. Under this plan, the US would provide economic aid if Ukraine abandons claims to occupied territories, including the Donbass, before Witkoff travels to Russia to present the offer to Vladimir Putin.
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