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Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Moscow

From Delfi Latvia · () Latvian

Translated from Latvian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow with a proposal from Donald Trump for ending the war.
  • They are expected to meet Vladimir Putin and then travel to Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  • The envoys have visited Moscow several times since Trump returned to the White House but have not yet visited Kyiv.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoys, arrived in Moscow on Saturday carrying what Trump described as a proposal to end the war.

Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev welcomed them at Vnukovo Airport. The BBC published a photograph showing Kushner shaking hands with Dmitriev. RIA Novosti reported that the American aircraft landed at 12:52 p.m. local time in Moscow and Latvia, after flying from Helsinki. Flight data showed that the plane had arrived in Helsinki from the United States earlier in the day.

Witkoff and Kushner are expected to travel to Kyiv on Sunday after their Moscow talks. The U.S. website Axios reported that the two envoys would meet Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy separately over the weekend.

Since Trump returned to the White House, Witkoff and Kushner have made several trips to Moscow but have not yet visited Kyiv. Ukrainian delegations, meanwhile, have traveled to the United States repeatedly for talks over the past 18 months.

They are carrying a proposal to end the war.

· Donald TrumpTrump described what Witkoff and Kushner were bringing to Moscow.
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