Zelenskyy presses U.S. lawmakers over weapons delays before Oslo peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed a bipartisan group of U.S. senators over alleged delays in weapons deliveries and concerns about intelligence sharing as tensions between Kyiv and the Trump administration intensified.

Zelenskyy said the Pentagon was holding up interceptor missiles already purchased by European countries, with the shipment awaiting approval from U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He also said European governments were prepared to transfer Patriot interceptors from their stockpiles but had not received U.S. authorization. The United States denied changing its intelligence-sharing arrangements with Ukraine.

President Donald Trump disputed Zelenskyy’s criticism and said it was time for someone else to negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf. Trump also said he was prepared to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in China to discuss denuclearization and potentially the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said such a meeting would encourage Putin to continue the war.

Zelenskyy subsequently held peace talks in Oslo with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, while Jared Kushner participated online. After the meeting, Zelenskyy said Ukraine was “not losing” the war but was “losing people and time,” adding that the participants had developed “some clear ideas of how to get peace.” Norwegian officials said he had sought to put diplomacy on a more constructive path.