Unofficial: Donald Trump to speak with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy today

Donald Trump is expected to call Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on September 7, first the Russian president and then the Ukrainian leader, according to a source familiar with the matter cited by the Kyiv Independent.

The calls are expected after Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, brief him on their latest talks. The two men visited Kyiv for the first time over the weekend, meeting Zelenskyy on September 6. They had been in Moscow the previous day, where they met Putin. Neither meeting produced a breakthrough declaration.

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very substantive

Zelenskyy described the Kyiv talks as "very substantive." He said they covered security and economic guarantees for Ukraine, missile supplies for air-defense systems and a winter support package. After the meeting, Witkoff and Kushner traveled by train toward Poland. Their aircraft, which had brought them from Moscow, stopped at the airport in Rzeszów, according to flight-tracking services.

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working to create the conditions

The Ukrainian president and Trump's envoys expressed hope for a prompt return to trilateral talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the United States. The last round took place in February, after which Ukrainian and Russian representatives held separate discussions with the US delegation.

Kushner said the US was "working to create the conditions" for ending Russia's war against Ukraine before winter, but acknowledged there was no guarantee it would succeed. Witkoff said both sides would need to make "certain compromises and narrow their differences" to end the war, which he described as lasting more than four years. He also said the United States was seeking a diplomatic rather than military solution.

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certain compromises and narrow their differences