US peace envoys set for Kyiv visit after talks with Putin
US peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have arrived in Kyiv following discussions with Vladimir Putin regarding a potential end to the Russia-Ukraine war. Both sides have agreed to a temporary ceasefire in airstrikes to facilitate the ongoing diplomatic negotiations.
Why it matters
This represents a high-level diplomatic effort to de-escalate a major global conflict that has persisted since 2022.
US peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday for their first visit to the Ukrainian capital, a day after holding talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on ending more than four years of war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.A White House official told the AFP news agency that the duo had met with Putin to "advance President Trump's agenda of peace in the Russia-Ukraine War.""The two sides discussed substantive plans for next steps, which will be announced in the coming weeks, and look forward to equally productive meetings tomorrow in Ukraine," they said.Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin aide, called the talks "extremely frank" and said that the US side had "put forward a number of ideas on possible routes to a settlement."He added that the Russians had told the Americans that Moscow was "confident" it could seize the rest of eastern…
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