Diplomacy: US mediator Witkoff and Kushner in Kiev for the first time
They have met for talks in Moscow on several occasions, and now they are in Kiev for the first time for their mediation efforts: Will the visit by US negotiators Witkoff and Kushner bring an end to the Ukraine war any closer?
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. They had previously met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, where they discussed a possible end to the over 4.5-year-old Russian invasion of Ukraine. Zelenskyy expressed readiness for talks, saying Ukraine needs security guarantees and a dignified post-war order.
The US envoys, who have visited Moscow several times since 2025, had sparked Ukrainian ire by not previously visiting Kyiv, prompting criticism from Zelenskyy that it was "respektlos" to meet with Putin without also meeting with him.
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