U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner set 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/3480x2320+0+0/resize/3480x2320!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4c%2F28%2F678a764e4520a46170ba0d33ba24%2Fap26248666149263.jpg' alt='President Vladimir Putin, right, greets U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, prior to talks at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, on Saturday, Sept. 5, 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: Mikhail Metzel)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5959657' />