Witkoff and Kushner meet with Putin about ending Ukraine war
Summary
President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss restarting talks to end the war in Ukraine. They secured a short pause in airstrikes to enable their planned visit to Kyiv, which would be the highest-level U.S. trip to Ukraine since the conflict began.Key Facts
- Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are serving as envoys for President Trump.
- They met with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin for a three-hour discussion about ending the Ukraine war.
- Putin expressed full trust in U.S. mediation efforts between Russia and Ukraine.
- Russia and Ukraine agreed to pause airstrikes temporarily to allow for the envoys’ visit.
- The pause in airstrikes started at midnight Moscow time on Saturday.
- Recently, Russia increased drone and missile attacks on Kyiv and other cities.
- Witkoff and Kushner planned to travel to Kyiv on Sunday.
- This trip would be the highest-level visit by U.S. officials to Ukraine since President Trump’s second term began.
- The U.S. government plane landing in Ukraine would be the first international flight there since the war started in February 2022.
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