Vermittlungsmission: Selenskyj: Russland beschießt vor US-Besuch Kiewer Flughäfen
Russische Angriffe auf Flughäfen in Kiew sorgen für Unruhe vor der Ankunft von US-Vermittlern. Schürt Moskau gezielt Unsicherheit, und was bedeutet das für Witkoffs Reise?
Shortly before US negotiators were expected to arrive in Kiev, Russian forces allegedly attacked Kiev's main airports, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj. He posted on social media that the airports of Shuljany and Boryspil were attacked for the first time in a while. Selenskyj suspected that Moscow was trying to create uncertainty ahead of the Americans' arrival.
"The Russian strikes on the airports are a reaction to discussions and preparations for the US side to come to Ukraine by plane and potentially land at Kiev Airport or Boryspil," he wrote. Ukraine threatened to launch drone attacks to disrupt Russian air traffic the following week. He vowed to prevent any air traffic over Ukraine, except for Steve Witkoff, the US special envoy, and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, who were due to visit Kiev on Sunday.
They would first meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Reports of a Russian drone attack on Shuljany had already appeared on Friday, with no damages or injuries reported. Since the beginning of Russia's major invasion in 2022, civil aviation in Ukraine had been suspended. For a safe flight for Witkoff to Kiev, Ukrainian permissions and Russian security guarantees would be needed.
Shuljany is the old airport of Ukraine's capital, situated within the city limits. When it became too small, a new international airport was built in Boryspil, about 20 kilometers east of Kiev.
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