Zelensky predicts another winter at war despite 'substantive talks' with US envoys

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is preparing for another winter at war despite hosting US peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv, calling their talks "very substantive" while requesting air defence and energy support. Zelensky said Ukraine is ready for trilateral talks with Russia and the US, but if the war continues into winter, Kyiv is counting on a support package including air defence, energy sector aid, and American LNG supplies. The envoys met Putin in Moscow on Saturday before traveling to Kyiv. Witkoff said he "heard new ideas" in Moscow and hoped new US-mediated talks would be announced soon. Zelensky identified the contested Donbas region as the central issue of the war, while a drone attack in Sevastopol killed one person and wounded three others.