US envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Kyiv after more than three hours with Putin

KYIV - U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Ukraine on Sunday after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for more than three hours, continuing President Donald Trump's push to end the war, Fox News and BBC reported.

A White House official said the Moscow talks covered substantive plans for next steps that will be announced in the coming weeks, and that the envoys looked forward to equally productive meetings in Ukraine. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov called the session meaningful, constructive and frank, saying the Americans outlined ideas for possible settlement paths without detailing them publicly.

Putin ordered a pause in strikes on Kyiv for three days around the diplomatic travel, Russian officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready for the conversation and had pledged restraint on strikes against Moscow during the negotiation window. The envoys' Kyiv stop is their first visit to the Ukrainian capital since the full-scale war began.

Witkoff is Trump's special envoy. Kushner, the president's son-in-law, has joined prior Russia trips. No breakthrough was announced after the Kremlin meeting. Ushakov said Putin told the visitors Russia was making progress on the battlefield and still insisted on addressing what Moscow calls the root causes of the conflict. Economic projects between the United States and Russia were also discussed, he said.

Few outside analysts expect an immediate peace deal from a single weekend of shuttle diplomacy. The trip does mark a fresh U.S. effort to keep both capitals talking under Trump's agenda. Zelensky said Kyiv's goal is to make the meetings as constructive and substantive as possible.

Travel into Ukraine remains constrained by closed airspace, so visiting officials often arrive by ground routes through neighboring countries. Further White House statements on the next phase are expected after the Kyiv round concludes.