According to the Kyiv Post’s Washington correspondent, Alex Raufoglu, Zelensky abruptly returned to Kyiv, while the US envoys flew back to Washington after talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin claims Witkoff and Kushner had "promised" to travel directly to Washington following the meeting - a claim not confirmed by US officials.
The reason for the cancellation has not been disclosed.
A planned meeting in Brussels between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a visiting US delegation that included...
Opublikowany przez Kyiv Post Środa, 3 grudnia 2025
Meanwhile, Zelensky said that coordination with European partners was continuing in Brussels, where Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov and Chief of the General Staff Andrii Hnatov were scheduled to meet national security advisers from EU member states.
He outlined the delegation’s agenda in a post on X.
Zelensky said the Ukrainian team would brief European partners on the US delegation’s talks in Moscow and discuss the European component of a broader security architecture.
He added that Umerov and Hnatov would next prepare for a meeting with representatives of President Donald Trump in the United States.
Despite nearly five hours of US-Russia talks in Moscow, no compromise was reached on ending the war, according to reports, although both sides described the discussions as substantive.
Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine remains committed to working constructively toward a real and lasting peace.
(mp)
Source: IAR/Kyiv Post/X/@ZelenskyyUa
Click on the audio player above to listen.