US envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Kyiv after talks with Putin in Moscow
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday in their first official visit to Ukraine as part of a renewed push for peace more than 4½ years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- Why it matters
- The envoys are shuttling between Russian and Ukrainian leadership to negotiate terms for ending active fighting, a shift in US diplomatic posture toward the war.
- Most affected
- Ukrainian officials and military — Must respond to new US-backed peace proposal terms.
Russian leadership — Faces US negotiating position shaped by direct talks. - Likely next
- Whether the envoys meet with Zelensky and what, if any, negotiating framework they present publicly afterward.
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