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As sources quoted by the outlet say, this trip is not profitable for the Kremlin.
President Steve Vitkoff and Jared Kushner’s envoys planned to visit Moscow and Kyiv 5-6 in September, but later Vitkoff “began to fear,” which led to discussion of alternative plans, Kyiv Independent reports, citing a source.
“The Russians don’t want them coming here, to Kyiv, and Vitkoff is always sensitive to Russian sentiment. They tell him it is dangerous,” the outlet’s source said.
Plans were changed after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy 3 officially announced in September that Vitkoff and Kushner had confirmed the likelihood of their visit to Kyiv. Meanwhile, Russia has been attacking Ukraine’s capital with strike drones for more than a week.
The trip was set to be the first for both special envoys to Ukraine. It has been postponed multiple times since at least April of this year. Vitkoff and Kushner had repeatedly traveled to Moscow for meetings with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and even presented Donald Trump with a plan to end the war that was based solely on Russian terms.
It was expected that Vitkoff and Kushner would arrive for a visit to Ukraine at the beginning of August, but the trip was reportedly postponed because U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to keep diplomats close due to unresolved tensions with Iran.
Meanwhile, 4 in September, member of parliament Oleksiy Honcharenko stated that Steve Vitkoff and Jared Kushner were planning to fly to Ukraine by plane and land at Boryspil Airport. He noted that although the Americans doubted this idea, they were close to agreeing.
This morning, a Russian drone struck Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) and targeted a plane.
In Borispol, Russians strike logistics hubs and warehouses located directly near the airport almost daily with drones.
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