Trump's envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Moscow
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5 September, 13:50
Steve Witkoff. Stock photo: Getty Images
US President Donald Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow.
Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency TASS, as reported by European Pravda
Details: US media outlets had previously reported that the US president's special envoys would travel to Moscow first, ahead of their first visit to Kyiv.
Witkoff and Kushner were met at Vnukovo Airport by Kirill Dmitriev, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's envoy.
The US envoys are due to hold talks with Putin on Saturday 5 September.
Background:
- On the evening of 4 September, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Witkoff and Kushner would visit Kyiv over the weekend. He stressed that Ukraine would not strike Russia on those days and expected Moscow to take reciprocal steps.
- Trump said Witkoff and Kushner were taking a "proposal to end the war" to Moscow and Kyiv.
- This followed reports in the media outlet that Trump's special envoys were discussing alternative plans for their visit to Kyiv in the coming days because of Russian scaremongering.
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