Ukraine war: Trump sends Witkoff, Kushner to Moscow, Kyiv for peace talks

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to nonstop his envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Russia and Ukraine arsenic Washington steps up efforts to broker an extremity to the much than four-year conflict.

Trump said on Friday that the 2 negotiators would question to Moscow and Kyiv carrying a connection aimed astatine ending the war, successful the latest US effort to flooded the diplomatic deadlock surrounding Europe’s deadliest struggle since World War II.

A elder Ukrainian authoritative said Witkoff and Kushner were expected to get successful Kyiv on Sunday.

According to US outlet Axios, the brace are scheduled to conscionable Russian President Vladimir Putin successful Moscow on Saturday before travelling to Kyiv for discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday. The Kremlin has declined to remark connected the reported visits.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said the envoys would measure whether determination was a realistic accidental to beforehand bid negotiations.

“I sent Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, 2 large negotiators. They’ve done a large job, and we sent them implicit to spot whether oregon not we tin get thing done. And determination whitethorn beryllium a bully accidental that we’ll d...