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Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Ukraine for first peace talks visit

From Ukrainska Pravda · () Ukrainian

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  • US President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Ukraine on September 6 as part of Washington's diplomatic efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
  • Their visit followed more than three hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, which both sides described as substantive.
  • The White House said it would announce next steps in the coming weeks, while Ukraine's negotiating team met the envoys in Kyiv.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Ukraine for the first time since they began working on a peace settlement. The envoys of US President Donald Trump reached the country on September 6 as Washington stepped up diplomatic efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Their arrival came a day after more than three hours of talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Both sides described that meeting as “substantive.” The trip to Ukraine marks the first visit by Trump's representatives since they started working on a peace settlement.

Substantive

· The White House and both sides of the Moscow talksThe talks between the US envoys and Vladimir Putin were described using this term.

Rustem Umierov, head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, later posted video showing the American negotiators being met at a railway station in Kyiv. Earlier that day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had met Ukraine's negotiating team ahead of discussions with the US representatives.

The talks come as Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin told the envoys he was confident Russia's war aims would be achieved. The White House said the Moscow discussions were “substantive” and that the next steps would be unveiled in the coming weeks. Trump said Witkoff and Kushner were taking a “proposal to end the war” to Moscow and Kyiv.

Proposal to end the war

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