{"id":39067,"date":"2026-09-08T12:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/39067\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T12:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:23:07","slug":"zelenskyy-says-us-envoys-have-very-good-ideas-to-end-russias-war-on-ukraine-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/39067\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy says US envoys have ‘very good’ ideas to end Russia’s war on Ukraine | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that U.S. envoys on a visit to Kyiv<\/a> presented some \u201cvery good, worthwhile ideas\u201d for ending his country\u2019s war with Russia<\/a>, adding that he hopes to meet with President Donald Trump within two weeks.<\/p>\n

But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Moscow is determined to accomplish its goals in Ukraine<\/a> and indicated that Russia believes it is close to winning the war, more than four years after it invaded its neighbor. Ukrainian and Western observers say that\u2019s not true.<\/p>\n

Washington envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff visited Moscow and Kyiv for separate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelenskyy at the weekend. The meetings appeared to produce no significant breakthrough that might soon end the fighting, and both countries resumed their deadly air war<\/a> Tuesday after a brief weekend truce in their capitals for the American visitors.<\/p>\n

The aerial attacks killed at least three civilians and wounded 16 others in Kyiv, officials said, while Russian officials reported three people killed and 13 wounded in Moscow-run areas.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy aims to meet with Trump this month<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy said he is counting on meeting with Trump around Sept. 20. That\u2019s around the time that the U.N. General Assembly is being held in New York.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian leader indicated he will press Trump to provide more Patriot air defense systems<\/a> that Kyiv needs to counter Russia’s ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n

He thanked Washington officials for their efforts to unblock negotiations with Russia, which have been stuck<\/a> since early this year with little progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs for the peace package that Kushner spoke about and the new ideas, I\u2019ll tell you frankly, there were indeed a couple of very good, worthwhile ideas,\u201d Zelenskyy said in audio messages answering reporters’ questions.<\/p>\n

The proposals will remain under wraps for now, he said, but he expressed hope that trilateral talks between delegations from Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. can take place in the fall.<\/p>\n

He noted that Ukraine is \u201cready to find a compromise\u201d on the issue of grain exports and energy. Moscow and Kyiv have targeted each other\u2019s grain ships in the Black Sea, raising concerns that two of the world’s major suppliers won’t be able to get their produce to market.<\/p>\n

Ukraine has also battered Russian oil facilities<\/a> while Russia has pounded Ukraine’s power grid<\/a> ahead of winter.<\/p>\n

Russia is confident of military victory, Moscow official says<\/p>\n

A Moscow official struck a cooler note on recent developments in negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re convinced the victory is very close. We\u2019re very confident in our military potential,\u201d Peskov told reporters, while insisting Russia wants to find a peaceful solution and welcomes Trump’s diplomatic efforts<\/p>\n

Putin has sought to portray Russia as negotiating from a position of strength in the war. But European officials and Western analysts say its bigger army is unable to make significant progress on the 1,250-kilometer (800-mile) front line, where it is pushing to capture the eastern Donetsk region, part of Ukraine’s industrial heartland.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussian forces will not seize Donetsk … until 2032 at their current rate of advance \u2014 if they can seize it at all,\u201d the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said on Sunday. \u201cThe Russian rate of advance has slowed significantly across the theater since 2025, when Russia\u2019s rate of advance had already begun to slow.\u201d<\/p>\n

With troops bogged down on the battlefield, both countries have intensified their aerial campaign of drones and missiles.<\/p>\n

Top Ukraine diplomat says \u2018horrific\u2019 attack hurts peace efforts<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s main targets in its overnight attack were Kyiv and the southern Odesa region. At least 16 people were wounded in Kyiv, Ukraine\u2019s Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi said. There was no immediate tally of casualties in Odesa.<\/p>\n

Explosions were heard in Kyiv for nearly five hours, according to Vyhivskyi. More than 50 sites were damaged in Kyiv during the Russian overnight attack Tuesday, including residential buildings, dormitories, schools, shops, gas stations and a flour production plant, he said.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called it \u201ca horrific attack\u201d and accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of undermining U.S. peace efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis ballistic missiles speak louder than his words on diplomacy,\u201d Sybiha said on X, referring to Putin. \u201cStrike after strike on residential buildings brings him no closer to winning this war \u2014 it is nothing but senseless terror.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia says it hit military-related targets<\/p>\n

The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces overnight launched a massive strike on Ukrainian military industry facilities.<\/p>\n

It provided a detailed list of its targets. They included places storing Ukrainian drones and cruise missiles, as well as transport, logistics and distribution centers for military cargo in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, the ministry said.<\/p>\n

Infrastructure in the port of Chornomorsk in the Odesa region used for \u201cunloading military cargo\u201d was also struck.<\/p>\n

Associated Press journalist Vasilisa Stepanenko in Kyiv, Ukraine, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

Follow the AP\u2019s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n

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