Trump sends envoys to Moscow, Kyiv with new plan to 'end war'
US President Donald Trump has dispatched envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv to present a new proposal aimed at ending the ongoing war in Ukraine. The mission follows a period of stalled diplomatic efforts and intensified military conflict.
Why it matters
This represents a high-stakes diplomatic intervention in a major global conflict that has significant implications for international security and geopolitical stability.
Layer 1 Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) attends a meeting with Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, SBU, Oleksandr Poklad in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP.
US President Donald Trump said Friday 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.
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 told AFP 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 President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday. The Kremlin declined to comment.
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