Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner to travel to Moscow and Kyiv this weekend

President Trump's aides Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to visit Moscow and Kyiv this weekend for discussions aimed at ending the ongoing war, according to U.S. officials. The significance of this trip is that it will be the initial visit by Witkoff and Kushner to Kyiv since the start of President Trump's second term in office.

Witkoff and Kushner are scheduled to embark on their journey on Friday, engage in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday, and subsequently meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday. This diplomatic mission by Trump's envoys arrives ten days after CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Russian intelligence and security chiefs in Moscow, with the aim of assessing their ability to persuade President Putin to engage in diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the conflict.

Witkoff and Kushner met with President Trump at the White House on Thursday to deliberate on the arrangements for their upcoming trip. Both Ukrainian and U.S. officials have been talking about the possibility of the Kyiv visit for several months, but faced various complications and delays until the decision was made to proceed with the trip this weekend.

This report is a breaking news story, and further updates will be provided as they become available.