Zelenskyy to meet US envoy Witkoff and European leaders in Oslo

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sit down with United States special envoy Steve Witkoff and a group of European leaders in Oslo on Tuesday, a session aimed at finding a path to end the war with Russia. Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finland’s prime minister will be present in the Norwegian capital, while former president Donald Trump’s son‑in‑law Jared Kushner is expected to join the talks remotely because of illness.

Støre said Zelenskyy asked that both Witkoff and Kushner take part in the discussion. In a post on X before the meeting, Zelenskyy noted he had held a “substantive conversation” with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio about missile interceptors, intelligence sharing and the Starlink satellite‑internet service provided by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Zelenskyy has recently accused Washington of limiting the speed of Starlink and of withholding intelligence that Kyiv needs. Ukraine’s armed forces rely on SpaceX’s military‑grade Starshield network for operations such as drone strikes. While the president did not say whether Rubio pledged to supply Patriot missile interceptors, restore full intelligence sharing or improve Starshield service, he described the exchange as constructive and said the two leaders would speak again soon.

The talks come amid ongoing hostilities. Russian forces launched a drone strike on the highway linking Kyiv with the Black Sea port of Odesa, killing three people and wounding four, according to the regional prosecutor’s office. In the south, the country’s largest private energy firm, DTEK, reported that three of its facilities in the Odesa region were hit, leaving more than 32,000 families without power.

In Russia, the governor of Tambov Oblast said a fire broke out at an oil‑pumping station after an overnight Ukrainian drone attack, adding that four drones were intercepted.

President Trump has grown increasingly vocal in his criticism of Zelenskyy, claiming the Ukrainian leader does not want to end the conflict and suggesting that others should negotiate on Kyiv’s behalf. At the same time, the United States has eased pressure on Moscow, lifting sanctions on Russian diesel exports in an effort to curb soaring energy prices that have risen following the U.S.–Israel war on Iran. Zelenskyy called the diesel‑sanctions waiver a “reward” for President Vladimir Putin, warning that it would only embolden him.