{"id":37503,"date":"2026-09-04T21:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/37503\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T21:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T21:02:07","slug":"zelensky-says-ukraine-wont-launch-airstrikes-against-russia-during-witkoff-and-kushners-moscow-visit-and-wants-the-same-from-russia-during-their-planned-trip-to-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/37503\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky says Ukraine won\u2019t launch airstrikes against Russia during Witkoff and Kushner\u2019s Moscow visit, and wants the same from Russia during their planned trip to\u00a0Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised in\u00a0his evening video address that Kyiv would ensure \u201cnormal functioning of\u00a0Russian airspace\u201d while American negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visit Moscow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">According to\u00a0Zelensky, Witkoff and Kushner will visit Moscow first, then travel to\u00a0Kyiv on\u00a0Sunday, September 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">\u201cJust as\u00a0we\u00a0did during previous diplomatic visits by\u00a0the American side, we\u00a0will ensure the normal functioning of\u00a0Russian airspace so\u00a0that the negotiators can arrive safely. We\u00a0are looking out for them, not for Russia. There will be\u00a0no\u00a0air strikes from our side,\u201d Zelensky said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Zelensky said Russia should also halt its airstrikes during the talks between Kyiv and Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_context_p__Mdu1R \">Witkoff and Kushner have traveled to\u00a0Moscow for talks before but have yet to\u00a0visit Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_context_p__Mdu1R \">The negotiators plan to\u00a0arrive by\u00a0plane, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/news\/2026\/09\/04\/the-kyiv-independent-pervyy-vizit-predstaviteley-trampa-v-stolitsu-ukrainy-mozhet-sorvatsya-stiv-uitkoff-nachal-boyatsya\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>\u00a0from the Ukrainian news outlet The Kyiv Independent. Sources had previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/heres-why-trumps-envoys-arent-going-to-ukraine\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>\u00a0that Witkoff finds it\u00a0\u201cdifficult\u201d to\u00a0travel by\u00a0train, citing this as\u00a0one reason American negotiators have not visited Ukraine. Kyiv\u2019s skies have been closed since the start of\u00a0Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion; foreign delegations travel to\u00a0the Ukrainian capital by\u00a0rail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">At\u00a0Meduza, we\u00a0are committed to\u00a0transparency about our use of\u00a0artificial intelligence in\u00a0the newsroom. The story you\u2019re reading was written by\u00a0one of\u00a0our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an\u00a0AI\u00a0model configured to\u00a0follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is\u00a0the result of\u00a0extensive testing and refinements to\u00a0ensure our English-language coverage is\u00a0timely and accurate. A\u00a0Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">If\u00a0you find any errors in\u00a0this translation, please contact us\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/meduza.io\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#780a1d08170a0c0b38151d1c0d0219561117\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT  SimpleBlock-module_center__D1CsV\">To\u00a0read Meduza\u2019s exclusive content in\u00a0English, please <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/pages\/newsletter\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to\u00a0our newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised in\u00a0his evening video address that Kyiv would ensure \u201cnormal functioning of\u00a0Russian airspace\u201d while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[151,146,149,138,131,143,133,144,150,139,127,134,128,136,137,129,132,130,148,142,135,147,145,141,140],"class_list":["post-37503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-151","tag-146","tag-149","tag-138","tag-131","tag-143","tag-133","tag-144","tag-150","tag-139","tag-127","tag-134","tag-128","tag-136","tag-137","tag-129","tag-132","tag-130","tag-148","tag-142","tag-135","tag-147","tag-145","tag-141","tag-140"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}