War in Ukraine: Donald Trump's emissaries expected in Moscow and kyiv

Direct War in Ukraine: Donald Trump's emissaries expected in Moscow and kyiv to "move things forward", according to the American president

The two American envoys have already visited Moscow, for the last time in January, but have never yet visited the Ukrainian capital.

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Donald Trump's emissaries, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, are expected in Moscow, Russia, then in kyiv, Ukraine. “We sent them to see if we could move things forward, and there is a good chance that we will succeed,” said the President of the United States on Friday, September 4, speaking to journalists from the White House. “We have an idea for peace,” he added without further details. The two American envoys have never visited the Ukrainian capital before, but have already visited Moscow, for the last time in January. However, Russian authorities have still not confirmed this new visit. Follow our live stream.

Saturday in Moscow, Sunday in kyiv. According to the media Axios, the two Americans will first go to the Russian capital for talks with President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, then to kyiv on Sunday to see President Volodymyr Zelensky. This will be the first time that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will visit the Ukrainian capital. This visit will come two days after a spectacular Russian drone attack which hit the headquarters of the Ukrainian security services (SBU) on Friday.

A ceasefire proposed during the visit of American emissaries. Volodymyr Zelensky proposed to his Russian counterpart to respect a ceasefire for the duration of the tour of American emissaries. "There will be no airstrikes from us, and Russia must, in return, guarantee a ceasefire - without carrying out its own airstrikes - for the duration necessary to conduct these talks," the Ukrainian president said in his speech on Friday evening.

Russian attack leaves at least four dead. At least four people were killed and five injured in a Russian attack on the town of Kamianske in east-central Ukraine, the regional military administration said Saturday morning. "Three of the injured are in hospital. Among them is a 30-year-old woman who is in intensive care," the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional administration, Oleksandr Ganzha, wrote on Telegram.