{ "id": 5805318, "title": "Putin meets US envoys for Ukraine war talks: Russian TV", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/putin-meets-us-envoys-for-ukraine-war-talks-russian-tv", "topic": "world", "section": "World", "published": "2026-09-05T17:14:07.000Z", "source": { "name": "Dawn", "slug": "dawn", "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2027693/putin-meets-us-envoys-for-ukraine-war-talks-russian-tv" }, "original_language": "en", "account": "Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Saturday to discuss ending the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The US officials, sent by President Donald Trump, arrived in Moscow to work on a plan aimed at resolving the war. Putin, in footage aired on Russian state media, acknowledged that the situation was complex. US envoys are expected to travel to Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, on Sunday, marking a first for officials traveling by plane to the war-torn country since 2022.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of attempting to disrupt the envoys' visit by launching overnight strikes on Kyiv's airports and a civilian target in the Dnipro region, resulting in five deaths. Zelensky stated that these actions were a reaction to the discussions surrounding the possibility of the US deploying an aircraft to visit Ukraine. He assured that Ukraine would not threaten diplomacy regardless of the circumstances.\n\nThis marks the first time that Witkoff, a businessman friend of Trump, and Kushner, his son-in-law, have visited Kyiv since Trump's return to office. Envoys are anticipated to meet with Putin in Moscow on Saturday, with a potential meeting involving a peace proposal. US President Trump assured that the negotiators would work on gauging the potential for peace in the conflict, although he did not disclose specific details about the plan or its potential to involve territorial concessions.\n\nThe push for diplomacy intensifies as Russia and Ukraine continue intense long-range attacks, driving up civilian casualties to levels not seen since the conflict began. On Friday, a Russian drone strike targeted Ukraine's Security Service headquarters in central Kyiv, the first such attack since the invasion. Despite this, Zelensky proposed observing a ceasefire during the US envoys' visit, with Ukraine ensuring not to launch any airstrikes in return.", "summary": "Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Saturday for talks on ending more than four years of war in Ukraine. Witkoff and Kushner landed in Moscow earlier today to discuss a plan to end the war. “The situation is of course not simple,” Putin told the US officials in footage aired on Russian state media. After talks in Moscow, the pair, sent by US…", "key_points": [], "editors_take": null, "illustration": null, "coverage": { "outlets": 13, "also_reported_by": [ { "outlet": "People Daily Kenya", "title": "US envoys arrive in Moscow ahead of Ukraine talks", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/us-envoys-arrive-in-moscow-ahead-of-ukraine-talks", "published": "2026-09-05T13:18:01.000Z" }, { "outlet": "SABC News", "title": "US envoys arrive in Moscow for talks on peace in Ukraine", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/us-envoys-arrive-in-moscow-for-talks-on-peace-in-ukraine", "published": "2026-09-05T13:27:39.000Z" }, { "outlet": "GBC Ghana", "title": "US envoys arrive in Moscow ahead of Ukraine talks", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/us-envoys-arrive-in-moscow-ahead-of-ukraine-talks-5794532", "published": "2026-09-05T15:53:35.000Z" }, { "outlet": "The Hill", "title": "U.S. envoys arrive in Moscow to revive peace talks with Ukraine", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/u-s-envoys-arrive-in-moscow-to-revive-peace-talks-with-ukraine", "published": "2026-09-05T15:57:43.000Z" }, { "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana", "title": "US envoys arrive in Moscow ahead of Ukraine talks", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/us-envoys-arrive-in-moscow-ahead-of-ukraine-talks-5797129", "published": "2026-09-05T16:04:04.000Z" }, { "outlet": "France 24", "title": "US envoys Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Moscow for talks on peace in Ukraine", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/us-envoys-witkoff-kushner-arrive-in-moscow-for-talks-on-peace-in", "published": "2026-09-05T16:14:00.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Channel News Asia", "title": "Putin tells US envoys Witkoff, Kushner that situation in Ukraine is 'difficult'", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/putin-tells-us-envoys-witkoff-kushner-that-situation-in-ukraine-is-5836047", "published": "2026-09-05T17:20:00.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Dawn", "title": "Putin meets US envoys for Ukraine war talks", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/putin-meets-us-envoys-for-ukraine-war-talks", "published": "2026-09-05T18:04:43.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Al Jazeera", "title": "Russia’s Putin meets US envoys to discuss Trump proposal to end Ukraine war", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/russias-putin-meets-us-envoys-to-discuss-trump-proposal-to-end", "published": "2026-09-05T18:12:52.000Z" }, { "outlet": "NDTV", "title": "\"Situation Not Simple\": Putin Meets US Envoys, Talks To End Ukraine War Begin", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/situation-not-simple-putin-meets-us-envoys-talks-to-end-ukraine-war", "published": "2026-09-05T18:30:43.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Gulf News", "title": "Putin meets US envoys for Ukraine war talks", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/putin-meets-us-envoys-for-ukraine-war-talks-5823704", "published": "2026-09-05T19:06:30.000Z" }, { "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News", "title": "Putin tells US envoys Witkoff, Kushner that situation in Ukraine is 'difficult'", "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/putin-tells-us-envoys-witkoff-kushner-that-situation-in-ukraine-is", "published": "2026-09-05T19:14:09.000Z" } ] }, "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." }