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Special envoy of the U.S. president Steve Vincoff 6 in September said that a train trip to Kyiv reminded him of childhood journeys to his grandmother in Florida. The special envoy called the trip wonderful and thanked President Volodymyr Zelensky for the invitation to resume negotiations. According to him, the American delegation is very satisfied with the outcomes of the talks in Kyiv and Moscow.
Vincoff spoke about his impressions from the trip at a press conference after closed talks with Zelensky. In addition to impressions from the journey, the American diplomat thanked Ukrainians for their resilience and courage and stated that the United States is determined to achieve a result in the negotiation process.
"Reminded me of trips to my grandmother in Florida," said the U.S. President’s Special Envoy Steve Vincoff about the train trip to Kyiv.
On the train from Poland to Kyiv, Vincoff and Jared Kushner were offered dishes of Crimean Tatar cuisine. This was reported in Sergei Leshchenko’s Telegram channel, a member of the Supervisory Board of Ukrzaliznytsia.
The special envoys arrived in Kyiv by train after talks in Moscow, where they spent more than three hours with Vladimir Putin. According to Vincoff, the American side is very serious about achieving a result in the negotiation process to end the war.
What they agreed upon in Kyiv
Vincoff and Kushner’s visit to Kyiv took place a day after their meeting with Putin in the Kremlin. Special Envoys Steve Vincoff and Jared Kushner 6 in September publicly assessed the results of the negotiations with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. Kushner emphasized that Donald Trump views the Russian-Ukrainian war as a difficult problem that must be solved not only by a ceasefire but by creating conditions for lasting peace.
National security advisers from Germany, France, and the United Kingdom also took part in the talks in the Ukrainian capital. The arrival of American negotiators marked the first and repeatedly postponed high-level visit amid Washington’s efforts to mediate in ending the war, which has been going on for more than four and a half years.
Earlier, Informator reported that Zelensky presented Vincoff and Kushner with T-shirts reading "Kyiv regime," showing such clothing to guests in the presence of the head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia. We also wrote that Vincoff and Kushner arrived in Kyiv after talks with Putin in the Kremlin that lasted over three hours and which both sides called substantive.
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