US Envoys Hold ‘Important’ Talks in First Trip to Kyiv

US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held “substantive” and “important” talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday, Sept. 6, marking their first trip to Ukraine to discuss ending the war with Russia. While offering no immediate sign of a diplomatic breakthrough, Witkoff and Kushner expressed encouragement following bilateral discussions, which subsequently expanded into multilateral sessions with representatives from the UK, France, and Germany.