U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner land for talks in Kyiv after meeting Putin in Moscow

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to arrive in Kyiv on Sunday in their first visit to the Ukrainian capital as part of a renewed push for peace in Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5144x3429+0+0/resize/5144x3429!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff1%2Fdd%2F07ccc3e34b8f8c96883397e25498%2Fap26249370994669.jpg' alt='U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff, center, and Jared Kushner, right, arrive in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.'/><p>U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to arrive in Kyiv on Sunday in their first visit to the Ukrainian capital as part of a renewed push for peace in Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>(Image credit: Francisco Seco)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5959657' />