Zelensky Says No Date Set for Witkoff, Kushner Kyiv Visit

Speaking in Oslo, the Ukrainian leader said it would be fair for the US envoys to come to Ukraine after repeated trips to Moscow. Make us preferred on Google Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a meeting of European national security advisers in Kyiv on Jan. 3, 2026. (Photo by Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP) Content Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Bluesky Email Copy Copied Flip Make us preferred on Google President Volodymyr Zelensky said no date has yet been set for the visit to Kyiv by US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Asked by a reporter, the Ukrainian leader reiterated that it would be fair for them to visit Ukraine. Zelensky was speaking at a press conference in Oslo, where he and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre signed a Joint Declaration on Enhanced Defense and Security Cooperation between Ukraine and Norway. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . “No, we have not received any information about when they will come,” Zelensky said. “They told me at the very beginning of April, April 1 or 2. It was a positive conversation and they confirmed that they would come.” Zelensky said a visit to Kyiv would be only fair, given their previous trips to Russia. “I think it is fair that they come to us [to Kyiv] because they have been to Moscow many times, and it is also important to send that signal to our people who are enduring [the war]. So we are waiting for them,” he said. On Thursday, in an interview with Alastair Campbell on The Rest Is Politics podcast, Zelensky criticized the US negotiating team for what he suggested was a lack of balance and a poor understanding of the Kremlin’s real goals. Zelensky said US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had “spent too much time” with Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior Kremlin officials. He pointed to what he described as a glaring imbalance in travel: five visits to Moscow last year and none to Kyiv. Other Topics of Interest US to Restore Sanctions on Russian Oil as Iran Waiver Also Set to Expire The Trump administration will let a temporary waiver on Russian oil expire, effectively restoring sanctions, while a similar 30-day authorization for Iranian oil also will not be renewed. “President Zelensky is expressing the frustration many feel in Ukraine and beyond that the US seems far more aligned with Moscow than with Kyiv as far as the war in Ukraine is concerned,” US analyst Paul Goble told Kyiv Post on Friday. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization since 1995. Its international market reach of 97% outside of Ukraine makes it truly Ukraine’s Global – and most reliable – Voice.