U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are traveling to Ukraine for the first time, arriving in Poland and continuing by train to Kyiv, according to Amichai Stein (i24NEWS). The visit follows their meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow as part of efforts to formulate an agreement to end the war.
U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are now confirmed en route to Kyiv by train, after landing in Rzeszow, Poland, earlier Sunday, according to reports. The visit follows their meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, as part of the Trump administration's mediation push to end the war in Ukraine. The envoys are making their first trip to Ukraine since President Donald Trump took office, and their arrival in the Ukrainian capital is expected later today.
The envoys' journey comes after a series of diplomatic exchanges: On Friday evening, The Zioneer reported that the envoys had departed Moscow and were expected in Kyiv. Earlier on Saturday, Putin hosted them for talks in the Kremlin, where he expressed full trust in them as mediators and said contacts between Moscow and Washington are always beneficial. The envoys' mission was first previewed by President Trump in a July 31 interview with the Financial Times, in which he said they would visit Ukraine in the coming days, as The Zioneer reported at the time.
The visit is part of a broader American diplomatic effort that has included high-level phone calls between Trump and Putin, and a three-day halt of Russian strikes on Kyiv ordered by Putin as the envoys landed in Moscow — a gesture reported by The Zioneer on Saturday. The envoys are carrying a U.S. proposal to end the conflict, the details of which have not been publicly disclosed.
It remains unclear whether the envoys will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during their visit, and what the Ukrainian response to the U.S. proposal will be. The content of their talks in Moscow has also not been fully detailed.
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