US envoy Witkoff meets Zelenskyy in Norway for peace talks

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting American envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo, Norway.

This after US President Donald Trump called for someone else to negotiate peace with Russia on Kyiv’s behalf.

Relations have deteriorated over Trump’s recent diesel deal with Russia that undercut sweeping sanctions with Zelenskyy accusing Washington of betrayal and rewarding President Vladimir Putin.

Trump says Ukraine’s leader is obstructing peace efforts.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says that he spoke with US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who have already started their talks with Russia on Saturday. https://t.co/rjGm3XGrm3 https://t.co/sZqzj47QLP — SABC News (@SABCNews) September 5, 2026 The talks come as Kyiv reports delays in American weapons deliveries and disruptions to military satellite support, claims Washington denied as reflecting a deliberate withdrawal of assistance.

President Zelenskyy and Steve Witkoff met in Oslo for talks, on Tuesday with European efforts seeking to steer diplomacy onto a more constructive path.

This after pointed rhetoric from both sides with the Ukrainian leader suggesting Trump was on the wrong side of history over the diesel deal with Russia.

“Zelenskiy doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

Zelenskiy is a man that should have had settled this war a long time ago, if he would’ve listened to me, he would have made a much better deal a long time ago.

And he’d have a million people living from his side.

And to be honest, I think it’s time for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine, because what’s happened, very little land has moved, but a million people.

A tremendous number of people are dead.

They’re losing their male population.

Ukraine could have had this thing settled a long time ago,” says Trump.