{
  "id": 5706502,
  "title": "US envoys to visit Russia and Ukraine with new peace plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/us-envoys-to-visit-russia-and-ukraine-with-new-peace-plan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T03:09:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/ukraine/2026/0905/1590416-ukraine-russia/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "US President Donald Trump has dispatched envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a peace plan aimed at ending the conflict in Ukraine. This marks Washington's latest attempt to break the diplomatic deadlock in Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. A Ukrainian official confirmed the envoys were set to arrive in Kyiv the following day, with plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.\n\nTrump stated the negotiators would assess whether progress towards peace is possible, highlighting Witkoff and Kushner's reputation as skilled negotiators who have achieved significant results in the past. The envoys will carry a proposal to end the war, though Trump did not disclose whether it involved Ukraine ceding territory. He emphasized that they possess an idea for peace, marking the first time the businessman friend and son-in-law visit Kyiv since Trump took office last year, with a commitment to resolving the conflict.\n\nThe push for diplomacy intensified as Russia and Ukraine exchanged long-range missile and drone attacks. Just prior to Trump's announcement, a Russian drone targeted Ukraine's SBU security service headquarters in central Kyiv, the first attack on its headquarters since the invasion. Despite this, Zelensky proposed observing a ceasefire during the envoys' visit, stating there would be no Ukrainian airstrikes, and Russia must reciprocate by ensuring a ceasefire. Russia has not yet commented on the proposal.\n\nZelensky had warned Russian airspace would become \"completely unsafe\" while the war persisted, filled with Ukrainian drones. Witkoff and Kushner's trip arrives a week after CIA director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow, where he cautioned Russia against attacking NATO member states. The United States also welcomed the Russian finance minister at a G20 gathering in North Carolina.",
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump has said he is sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a plan to end more than four years of war in Ukraine.",
  "key_points": [
    "US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visit Moscow and Kyiv",
    "Peace plan aims to end Ukraine conflict, first visit to Kyiv since 2022",
    "Envoys carry proposal to cease hostilities, no territory ceding disclosed"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The dispatch of US envoys with a new peace plan signals a renewed US push for diplomacy to end the Ukraine conflict, amid escalating violence and warnings of further instability.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Discovered",
        "title": "Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war with Russia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ukraine-launches-one-of-its-largest-aerial-attacks-of-the-war-with",
        "published": "2026-08-16T10:15:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "US envoys to visit Russia, Ukraine with plan 'to end war'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/us-envoys-to-visit-russia-ukraine-with-plan-to-end-war",
        "published": "2026-09-05T01:27:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}