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US envoys Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Moscow for talks on peace in Ukraine

(Reuters)
5 Sep 2026 17:51

MOSCOW (Reuters)

US special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed in Moscow on Saturday for talks on how to end the war in Ukraine, where they were met by Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev.

A motorcade, carrying Witkoff, Kushner and Dmitriev, left Moscow's governmental airport and headed towards the city, a Reuters witness ⁠said.

Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS news agency that President Vladimir Putin would meet Witkoff and Kushner in the Kremlin later ​on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump suggested on Friday the US had a fresh concrete proposal aimed at ending the ​war, which is now ‌in its fifth year. He did not, however, elaborate on what that ⁠proposal would ​be.

Russian envoy Dmitriev, who told Reuters in June that he had remained in contact with the US negotiators during a pause in their visits to Russia, took part in all their previous meetings with Putin alongside Putin's foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday the two men would ‌fly to Ukraine on Sunday after visiting Moscow.

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