Negotiation efforts ramp up as Zelenskyy meets Macron in Paris and Trump envoy prepares for Putin talks
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The diplomatic effort to end the war in Ukraine could be entering a “pivotal week”, the EU’s foreign policy chief has said, as Donald Trump’s special envoy prepared to meet Vladimir Putin after talks at the weekend with Ukraine.
Steve Witkoff, the property developer turned envoy recently exposed for coaching Russian officials on how to win Trump’s favour, will hold talks with Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, the Kremlin announced.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, embarked on a diplomatic push to rally support from Ukraine’s European allies. He met the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in Paris on Monday morning to discuss “the conditions of a just and durable peace”, the Élysée Palace said.
