US aims to facilitate direct contacts between Russia and Europe on Ukraine — Kushner

Ukraine crisisUS aims to facilitate direct contacts between Russia and Europe on Ukraine — Kushner The envoy added that US President Donald Trump believes it is necessary to have "actionable" conflict prevention mechanisms WASHINGTON, November 14. /TASS/. The US administration aims to facilitate direct contacts between Russia and America’s European allies on resolving the conflict in Ukraine, Jared Kushner, son-in-law of the US leader, said. "Our focus now is on facilitating direct engagement between Moscow and European partners and preparing the agenda for the next round of trilateral talks," he wrote on X. Kushner added that US President Donald Trump believes that "a lasting peace requires credible security guarantees for Ukraine and detailed, actionable postwar security arrangements that reduce the risk of another war." 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