Zelenskyy pushes back on Trump's Donbas demand in Oslo talks

taz.de (German) —

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo on Tuesday to resist Washington's demand that Ukraine cede the Donbas region to Russia as part of a ceasefire agreement. According to the New York Times, President Donald Trump is pressing Zelenskyy to make territorial concessions to end the war, with Witkoff carrying the proposal. Talks also involved Norwegian and Finnish leaders, though no results were announced by deadline. The US reportedly seeks a deal largely on Russian terms before Witkoff visits Putin in St. Petersburg, offering economic incentives. Trump has also withheld US missiles paid for by NATO states and claimed Zelenskyy never wanted to end the war.


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