Kushner: ‘Good discussions’ held with Ukraine’s Zelensky

The headline names Zelensky, but the substance is that Kushner is now a direct channel to both Putin and Zelensky, with a prisoner exchange as the one concrete outcome of three days of talks. The detail that Putin would give Europe a seat matters most for European policymakers and markets, since it signals a possible shift from bilateral contacts to a wider format. Yet Kushner's own caveat that no agreement with Europe can be confirmed leaves that opening unverified; whether Europe's role moves from stated willingness to a confirmed arrangement is the open question.