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Witkoff and Kushner Expected in Kyiv

From Dagens Nyheter · () Swedish

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

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  • U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to travel to Kyiv after a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
  • Donald Trump said the envoys would carry a plan to end the war, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for a reciprocal pause in air attacks during the talks.
  • Russian attacks continued, killing four people near Dnipro and bringing the reported toll from nine days of attacks on Kyiv to more than 50 dead and about 100 injured.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected in Kyiv this weekend with what Donald Trump described as a plan to end the war. Their visit would mark the first trip to Ukraine by the president's peace envoys since Trump returned to the White House for a second term.

Trump confirmed the planned journey on Friday. “They have a plan to end the war,” he told reporters in the Oval Office, adding that “there could be a good chance that we do it.” Axios reported that the envoys would first travel to Moscow on Saturday to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, then continue to Kyiv on Sunday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The reported diplomatic movement comes as Russian attacks on Kyiv continue for a ninth consecutive day. Four people were killed in an overnight attack outside Dnipro, according to the regional governor, and five others were injured, one critically. A nine-story residential building in Boryspil, 35 kilometers from the capital, was also damaged.

They have a plan to end the war.

· Donald TrumpTrump described the purpose of Witkoff and Kushner's planned diplomatic trip.

Ukrainian Pravda, citing military sources, reported that Ukraine's military had been ordered not to carry out attacks for the next four days. Zelenskyy wrote on X that Ukraine would conduct no airstrikes for as long as necessary to hold the talks and urged Russia to do the same. Russia's attacks continued overnight, while Ukraine has responded with long-range strikes against Russia's oil industry.

Kyiv Independent reported that more than 50 people have been killed and about 100 injured in the attacks on Kyiv. The planned visit follows several earlier trips by Witkoff and Kushner to Moscow. U.S.-led peace talks stalled after the United States began its war against Iran earlier this year, and sources told Axios that the Kyiv trip had been planned for months but confirmed and canceled several times in recent days. The visit comes just over a week after CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Russian intelligence and security chiefs in Moscow.

There could be a good chance that we do it.

· Donald TrumpTrump expressed confidence that the envoys' plan might end the war.
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Originally published by Dagens Nyheter in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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