Zelenskyy Tells U.S. Envoys, "War in Ukraine Likely to Continue Through Winter"

[Financial News] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy delegation that he expected the war with Russia to continue through this winter.
On the 6th (local time), Trump’s special envoys Steven Charles Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Kyiv and held a closed-door meeting with President Zelenskyy shortly after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
However, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that no major breakthrough was reached to immediately narrow the differences between the sides during the two envoys’ first visit to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
National security advisers from the United Kingdom, France and Germany were also reportedly present at the meeting.
Immediately after the meeting, President Zelenskyy stressed, "We want a 'just peace' that completely prevents the possibility of Russia invading again," adding, "As the war is highly likely to continue through the winter, missile-defense systems and energy support are urgently needed."
The U.S. special envoy delegation described the discussions in Moscow and Kyiv as "substantive and constructive" and said the parties had agreed to hold follow-up talks soon with U.S., European and Ukrainian officials in attendance.
Regarding the Moscow meeting in particular, Witkoff said, "Ideas that have not been effective so far were examined," adding, "It made us think about what is needed for a peace that can endure."
He emphasized that Putin had asked many questions, saying, "There was a lot of progress."
While the U.S. special envoy delegation was traveling, Putin and Zelenskyy agreed to temporarily halt attacks on each other’s capitals for three days. However, tensions in the air and along the front lines remain high. The BBC reported that Ukrainian military authorities said they had used drones to strike the Ryazan Refinery and an airfield in Rostov-on-Don, while Russia also carried out attacks across Ukraine with more than 100 drones and missiles, continuing the bloody clashes.
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