Envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Kiev to revive talks with Zelensky after meeting Putin
Before his trip to Russia, Donald Trump had hinted that he had "an idea for peace" and that "there may be a good chance that we'll do it," without providing public details of the plan. Witkoff and Kushner then traveled to Kiev to meet with Volodymyr Zelensky.
Donald Trump's special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, arrived in Kiev on Sunday for their first visit to the Ukrainian capital, one day after holding talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, where they presented U.S. ideas for ending the war.
Witkoff said on Sunday that the talks in Kiev with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team regarding a plan to end the war with Russia were significant. "We've had a very meaningful discussion, substantive, important, and we are very encouraged and we look forward to continuing this as long as it takes," Witkoff said at the conclusion of the meeting.
For his part, Jared Kushner noted, "Hopefully this trip has come out with some new ways to advance forward. I think we've learned a lot from the trip."
Following that meeting, another meeting began between the two envoys from Washington, the Ukrainian delegation, and European security officials.
What is known about Trump's proposal
The White House confirmed that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner discussed "substantial plans for the next steps" with the Kremlin in Moscow, though it did not disclose the content of the proposal or Vladimir Putin's detailed reaction.
Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov described the meeting between Trump's envoys and Putin as "constructive, extremely frank and trustful."
"The American representatives prepared thoroughly for this trip. They did not only express their traditional interest in bringing the hostilities to a quick end, they put forward a number of ideas on possible routes to a settlement," Ushakov told reporters, including those from AFP.
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Moscow, he said, "expressed confidence in achieving the set goals," without specifying what those objectives were.
"The situation, of course, is not easy," the Russian president told the two envoys on Saturday in a large Kremlin hall, according to footage broadcast by Russian television.
Before the trip to Russia, Donald Trump had hinted that he had "an idea for peace" and that "there may be a good chance that we'll do it" without providing public details of the plan. Witkoff and Kushner then traveled to Kiev to meet with Volodymyr Zelensky.
Limited ceasefire and skepticism on the ground
However, Ukrainian reports cited by AFP indicate that, despite the ceasefire declared by Ukraine, Russia continued to launch attacks in several regions, including drones and missiles that struck infrastructure on the night before the formal start of the pause.
During the night from Saturday to Sunday, Russia launched 108 drones and missiles against Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have intercepted most of them. Even so, the strikes hit 11 locations across the country.
Moscow, claimed it had shot down 258 Ukrainian drones fired at Russian territory that same night.
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