Trump's envoys Kushner and Witkoff arrive in Kyiv for first Ukraine visit

US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Kyiv on Sunday, meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. They had travelled from Moscow, where they held three hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. According to RTE News, the meeting with Putin was described as "highly useful" by the Russian leader.

The envoys' trip is part of a renewed push by the Trump administration to end the war in Ukraine, which has lasted four-and-a-half years. Zelensky, who believes Washington will be key to any peace deal, has said a window of opportunity to make peace exists before the US begins focusing on its next presidential elections. He posted on social media before the envoys' arrival, saying Ukraine wanted an end to the war, with security guarantees and a dignified post-war peace needed.

The White House has said that next steps will be announced in the coming weeks, after Kushner and Witkoff discussed substantive plans with Putin. According to CBS News, President Donald Trump said the envoys had an "idea for peace" and that there "may be a good chance that we'll do it".

Brief written by urgent.news from Le Monde English, RTE News, KahawaTungu, South China Morning Post, CBS News — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.