Trump’s envoys arrive in Kyiv for first Ukraine visit
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Kyiv, a day after holding talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin over efforts to end more than four years of war between the neighbours.
- Why it matters
- The visits signal direct engagement between Trump's representatives and both Russia and Ukraine on ending the war, suggesting active negotiation channels are opening.
- Most affected
- Ukrainians — Their country becomes the subject of direct peace talks involving Putin's government and Trump representatives.
Russian and Ukrainian military personnel — Fighting may be affected depending on what negotiators discuss or decide. - Likely next
- Whether Ukraine's government holds substantive talks with the envoys and what they say afterward about the meetings' content and tone.
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