U.S. Envoys Hold Talks with Ukrainian and Russian Leaders in Push for Peace
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U.S. representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with President Zelenskyy in Kyiv after discussions with President Putin in Moscow, saying the talks were substantive and expressing optimism about progress toward ending the war.
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday following a day-long dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Witkoff described the Kyiv discussions as “substantive” and “important,” adding that the team was “very encouraged.” Kushner said President Trump was “very determined to see an end to this war.”
Zelenskyy posted that Ukraine remained constructive and had “proposals ready” for the talks, while both sides agreed to suspend aerial attacks on each other’s capitals to allow the visits. A White House official indicated that “substantive plans for the next steps” would be announced in the coming weeks, and that officials from the National Security Council, State Department and Treasury Department participated in the three-hour meeting.
In Moscow, Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, who praised the delegation and expressed trust in the process. Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov later described the meeting as “substantive, constructive, extremely frank and trusting.”
The visits occurred amid heightened Russian strikes on Kyiv, including attacks on the city’s airport and a security service building, which Zelenskyy linked to the U.S. presence. The diplomatic effort comes as Kyiv faces a shortage of interceptor missiles needed to protect its energy infrastructure during the approaching winter.