US envoys arrive in Kyiv as Washington renews Ukraine-Russia peace effort
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner made their first official visit to Ukraine after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow, with no breakthrough announced.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on 6 September for talks linked to Washington’s renewed effort to advance peace discussions between Ukraine and Russia.
The visit is their first official trip to Ukraine and comes more than 4½ years after Russia’s full-scale invasion. The detailed US objectives, proposed terms and expected outcomes of the Kyiv meetings have not been specified in the available material.
The envoys met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 5 September for more than three hours. The White House described those discussions as “substantive”, while Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov called them constructive, frank and useful.
No breakthrough was announced after the Moscow meeting. The contrasting official descriptions provide a positive account of the discussions but do not establish progress towards an agreement.
France 24, which reported the Kyiv arrival, examined the US objectives with John E. Herbst, director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. The available report does not provide the full details of the Ukrainian meetings or indicate that a peace agreement has been reached.
