TREE NEWS update: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on January 8 that Ukraine’s negotiating team will hold a new round of talks on the Ukraine crisis with US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in the United States on January 9. The Ukrainian delegation includes presidential office chief Budanov, first deputy head Kyslytsia, Servant of the People parliamentary faction leader Arakhamia and foreign intelligence chief Umerov. The talks are expected to last two days, and Ukraine hopes the European negotiating team will join.
Zelensky: Ukraine-US Talks on Ukraine Crisis Set for Jan 9 in US
The notable signal here is composition rather than venue: Ukraine is sending its intelligence and parliamentary leadership alongside presidential staff, which points to talks framed around security and political implementation, not just diplomacy. Kyiv's stated hope that European negotiators join suggests it wants any US-track discussion anchored to a broader coalition rather than handled bilaterally. Whether that European participation materializes — and whether the two-day format produces anything beyond continued dialogue — is the open question worth watching.
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