
US President Donald Trump dispatches Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to gauge peace prospects in the Ukraine war.
US President Donald Trump announced sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv to gauge progress on ending the war in Ukraine.
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The conflict began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he was sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a plan to end more than four years of war in Ukraine.
The move marks Washington’s latest bid to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
A senior Ukrainian official said the envoys were due in Kyiv on Sunday.
US outlet Axios reported they would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, and then Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday. The Kremlin declined to comment.
Trump told reporters that the two negotiators would seek to gauge whether progress towards peace was possible.
Peace efforts have stalled due to Washington’s war with Iran, while Moscow and Kyiv have intensified long-range attacks, driving up civilian casualties to levels not seen since the start of fighting.
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Envoys will meet Putin in Moscow on Saturday and Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday.
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