Zelenskyj will have a meeting between the USA, Russia, and Ukraine in early November

News Studio: Ukraine Talks in Oslo Ukrainian President Zelenskyj visits Oslo to discuss peace in Ukraine. The USA also participated in the meetings on Tuesday. - Inserted article Zelenskyj wants a meeting between the USA, Russia, and Ukraine in early November 11 minNTBUkraine wants real peace negotiations, said Volodymyr Zelenskyj after talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Oslo on Tuesday.Zelenskyj wants a meeting between the USA, Russia, and Ukraine in early November Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj says he supports the US proposal to hold tripartite talks on the Ukraine war at a high level as soon as possible. Ukraine hopes the talks can take place no later than early November, Zelenskyj said on Wednesday evening according to the news agency Reuters. The statement comes shortly after the US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff visited Norway after a three-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. The purpose of the mediation was for the states to Some mention both the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 and the Minsk Agreement of 1991. Both agreements were meant to ensure Ukraine's national independence and territorial integrity. The Budapest Agreement was that Ukraine returned its Soviet-era nuclear arsenal. Unfortunately, it clearly does not recognize these agreements to Putin despite Russia being a party to both, along with the USA, and believes these were historical mistakes made by his predecessor Boris Yeltsin. It is ironic when we see where the USA and Russia stand today. Does Trump know about these agreements? It does not seem so. The Bluff gives him anyway. Georg Ianke23 minWitkoff after meetings with Putin and Støre: – Important work remains Witkoff after meetings with Putin and Støre: – Important work remainsThe talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Wednesday were constructive, said the US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. – Although there is still important work to be done, President Donald Trump remains committed to ending the war, he writes in a post on X. Witkoff visited Norway after talks with Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. He then left for a meeting of just over an hour with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on board the plane he was on. He cannot do anything with his best will, understand that Trump does not know who started this war and has the whole and full responsibility for many tens of thousands of people who are dying/disabled, he also thinks about all the children who have been killed/disabled and disappeared. Tom Egil Johansen16:59Støre left Witkoff's plane after just over an hour Støre left Witkoff's plane at 6 PM on Wednesday. Photo: Jan T. Espedal / AftenpostenStøre left Witkoff's plane after just over an hourThe US envoy Steve Witkoff landed a little before 5 PM at Gardermoen. He met Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who was photographed when he boarded Witkoff's plane. They had the two talks. Støre left the plane at 6 PM, which then headed to the runway. Witkoff arrived at Gardermoen after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg earlier on Wednesday. The meeting in Russia took place in the Konstantinovskij Palace in St. Petersburg and lasted for about three hours. Before this Witkoff arrived at Oslo Airport where he changed planes on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Jonas Been Henriksen / NTBThe Budapest Agreement means nothing. How can a president throw the country's past obligations ashore for his own gain? K SkinnesThis is an important historical background: Ukraine gave up its third-largest nuclear arsenal in 1994 in exchange for security guarantees from Russia, the United Kingdom, and the USA. The three countries guaranteed: To respect Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and existing borders. To refrain from threatening or using armed force against Ukraine's territorial integrity or political independence. To refrain from using economic pressure to promote their own interests in a way that undermines Ukraine's sovereignty. This was broken in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea, started fighting in Eastern Ukraine, and further escalated the war with the full-scale invasion in 2022. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the US President Bill Clinton, the Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, and the UK Prime Minister John Major signed the document in 1994 that would secure Ukraine's future as a sovereign state. Photo: Marcy Nighswander / AP / NTBHenning Carr Ekroll16:37Kremlin: Russia is willing to peace talks with Ukraine Putin together with his foreign policy advisor Yury Usakov. Photo: Pyotr Kovalev / AP / NTBKremlin: Russia is willing to peace talks with UkraineRussia is in principle willing to resume peace talks with Ukraine in November. This is what Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to have told the US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, according to Putin's foreign policy advisor Yury Usakov. Such talks have not taken place since February. The Abu Dhabi is pushed forward as a possible meeting date around November 10th. According to Reuters, Usakov said that the negotiations should be about security guarantees for Russia and Ukraine after the conflict is over. Strong reactions to Witkoff's Putin tribute: - Cannot believe it Strong reactions to Witkoff's Putin tribute: - Cannot believe itThe US envoy Steve Witkoff thanks Russian President Vladimir Putin for being a "humanist" or "people-lover". He used the word humanitarian, which means a person who is concerned with helping people and reducing human suffering. This is shown in a video from the first part of the meeting. – You talk so much about my President Donald Trump being a humanist. You are also a humanist. I praise you for that, and I thank you once again, Witkoff said in the clip, published by Russian Pool. Putin is international A girl just over a year older was killed on Monday in a Russian attack on Kharkiv. She was in a stroller when the Russians attacked. Photo: Ukrainian policeWitkoff to Putin: There is a basis for a ceasefire The US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is pictured during his visit to Moscow in early September. Photo: Gavriil Grigorov / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool Photo via AP / NTBWitkoff to Putin: There is a basis for a ceasefireRussian President Vladimir Putin sat on Wednesday morning in a meeting with the US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, who believes there is a basis for a ceasefire in Ukraine, according to Russian state media. The meeting took place in the Konstantinovskij Palace in St. Petersburg and lasted for about three hours. Putin began the meeting by thanking Witkoff for President Donald Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine, and he also emphasized that Russia wishes to restore economic ties with the USA. Witkoff to Putin: The meeting is over Photo: Gavriil Grigorov / AP / NTBThe meeting ended in the Konstantinovskij Palace in St. Petersburg. It started at 11 AM and ended at 2 PM, according to the Russian state news agency Tass. The outcome of the meeting is currently unknown. Beforehand, the US envoy said he hopes Putin will consider resuming talks between Russia, the USA, and Ukraine. Trump links Hubbard's release to Russia sanctions Stephen Hubbard in a glass cell during a court hearing in Moscow in 2024. Photo: Moscow City Court Press Service via AP / NTBPresident Donald Trump says the American Stephen Hubbard was not released if the US had imposed new sanctions on Russia. On his website Truth Social, Trump writes that the talks on the release would have stopped if sanctions had been imposed. Hubbard's release was announced when Russian President Vladimir Putin met US envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. Hubbard was sentenced to almost seven years in prison in Russia in 2024 for fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine. Russian news agency: First diesel shipment to the USA is sent Thursday Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak says the first tanker of diesel to the USA will be sent on Thursday. Photo: Pavel Bednyakov / AP / NTBRussian news agency: First diesel shipment to the USA is sent ThursdayA Russian tanker with diesel is traveling to the USA on Thursday, according to the Russian state news agency Tass. – The first tanker to the USA is scheduled to depart tomorrow, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak was quoted by Tass on Wednesday. The shipment is the first according to the agreement that the US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin made earlier this month. Trump announced that Russia would immediately supply the USA and the world with 300,000 tons of diesel. In November, Russia will export a further 500,000 tons, and immediately after that, 1 million tons, according to Trump. The agreement has met with harsh criticism from Ukraine and its European allies. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj called the agreement a "gift" to Putin. – We do not abandon our friends – We do not abandon our friends– You are among the friends here. All the parties in the Storting are united in their support for Ukraine. Storting President Masud Gharahkhani said this to Zelenskyj after the meeting at the Storting. – We have talked about the Ukrainian children, how we will help them, and how we will bring them home, Zelenskyj said. – To you and all your people, a thousand thanks. He says he will now return to Ukraine and will not participate in talks with Witkoff and Støre. – He is returning to Norway. Jonas said that we will talk to him, Zelenskyj said. – You are not waiting for him? – We must move on. We must go back to Ukraine. But if there are any results, we have contact. Photo: Stein J. Bjørge / Aftenposten- They have solutions to offer us. Photo: AP / NTB- They have solutions to offer us.The US envoy Steve Witkoff said to Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, according to Reuters. He thanked Putin for the diesel agreement with Russia. He handed over a concrete document to Putin. – We have Ukraine, Witkoff said. The US envoy said he hopes Putin will consider resuming talks between Russia, the USA, and Ukraine. Witkoff says that the Oslo talks on Tuesday were "productive talks". Putin asked Witkoff for a transcript of the talks that the American envoy had with Zelenskyj in Oslo on Tuesday. Putin suggested that he and Donald Trump could meet in China. Putin is interested in trade agreements between Russia and the USA and says that Russia can deliver "larger amounts" of fertilizer. In the meeting, Putin also said that the American citizen has been released from Russian captivity. The meeting took place in the Konstantinovskij Palace in St. Petersburg. Zelenskyj is at the Storting Photo: Stein J. Bjørge / AftenpostenZelenskyj is at the StortingHe arrived at 10:42 AM. – We are very grateful to Norway, he said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj will meet Storting President Masud Gharahkhani and the parliamentary leaders, among others. Witkoff will present peace proposals in a meeting with Putin, according to Axios. Photo: Mikhail Metzel / Reuters / NTBWitkoff will present peace proposals in a meeting with Putin, according to Axios. The news site refers to information from an unnamed American official. The US envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg on Wednesday morning, where he will meet Putin. The Axios source says the USA hopes the new proposal will open a way towards multilateral negotiations and a summit between Putin, Donald Trump, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj. Previously, the Russians have rejected proposals for such a summit. (©NTB) Where are the obligations from the Budapest Agreement of 1994? Is it so easy to just forget one's obligations. The USA betrays both morally and commercially. They want Europe to increase its defense budgets by 5% just because they want to increase purchases from the USA. We must stop buying such things when there is no ammunition for them when they need it. K Skinnes10:02Støre: Witkoff returns to Oslo after talks with Putin Photo: Jan T. Espedal / AftenpostenStøre: Witkoff returns to Oslo after talks with PutinPrime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says that US envoy Steve Witkoff returns to Oslo after having talks with Putin in Russia, Støre said on NRK morning news. – It will be a type of feedback, Støre said about what he expects from the talk with Witkoff. About Tuesday's meeting, he said the atmosphere was professional. – But I think that I and President Stubb managed to create an atmosphere that was personal. It was about the issues we were to discuss. – If we want to look ahead now, Europe must take a stronger role. We cannot throw all the cards in the hands of the Americans, Støre said. Støre says it is now about getting the leaders to meet. Steve Witkoff has landed in St. Petersburg. Steve Witkoff has landed in St. Petersburg. The BBC reports. Witkoff was in Oslo on Tuesday, where he had talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Correction: In an earlier version of this news item it stated that Witkoff had landed – before he had done so. Reuters, which first reported that Witkoff was in St. Petersburg, corrected the report. Photo: Obtained by Reuters / Reuters / NTBRubio calls the meeting between Zelenskyj and Witkoff in Oslo "positive"Rubio calls the meeting between Zelenskyj and Witkoff in Oslo "positive"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he has an impression that the meeting between Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj and US envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo was positive. On Wednesday, Rubio also said that nothing surprising or unexpected came from the talks.