Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump envoys ‘disrespectful’ for visiting Moscow not Kyiv, Zelensky says
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has criticised the repeated visits made by Donald Trump’s envoys to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin, saying it was “disrespectful” that they had not once travelled to Kyiv.
Former real estate magnate turned diplomat Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have flown to Moscow several times and met Putin as recently in January. In December, they spoke for four hours before the American diplomats toured the Russian capital.
Witkoff and Kushner are yet to travel to Ukraine even once, having only hosted the Ukrainian delegation in Miami.
“It’s disrespectful to come to Moscow and not Kyiv, it’s just disrespectful. I understand we have complex logistics… If they don’t want to, we can meet in other countries,” Zelensky said.
Meanwhile, the EU appeared close to unlocking a €90bn loan to Ukraine, after Hungary’s outgoing PM Viktor Orban said he would stop vetoing the measure as soon as Kyiv restores a key oil pipeline. There were reports that the Druzbha line could reopen later today.
