Kushner, Witkoff set for Kyiv talks after Putin meeting in US push for peace

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Vladimir Putin for over three hours in Moscow before heading to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

After meeting Putin, Trump's envoys are expected to discuss a proposal to end the war in Ukraine.

Breaking: US envoys Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Ukraine for the first time to discuss peace talks, sources say  The Kyiv Independent

President Trump's friend and special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner have spent the day engaged in talks in Moscow, to reignite a deal to end Russia's war with Ukraine.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, are heading abroad to attempt to forge a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, ‌the U.S. president told reporters on Friday.

During comments in the Oval Office, Trump suggested the US had a fresh concrete proposal aimed at ending the war, which is now in its fifth year.

Trump would not say whether the plan involved Ukraine ceding territory as he has previously suggested but added: "We have an idea for peace."

Witkoff, Kushner heading abroad to discuss Ukraine peace, Trump says  Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 - U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, are heading abroad to attempt to forge a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, the U.S. president told reporters on Friday.

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff’s trip to meet with the countries’ presidents comes at a precarious moment in the Ukraine conflict.