{"id":132653,"date":"2026-09-07T08:55:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T03:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=132653"},"modified":"2026-09-07T08:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T03:55:21","slug":"us-envoys-hold-kyiv-talks-in-push-for-ukraine-russia-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/132653\/","title":{"rendered":"US envoys hold Kyiv talks in push for Ukraine-Russia peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KYIV(National Times)- US President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner said Sunday he hoped his first trip to Ukraine for talks on ending the war with Russia would lead to \u201cnew ways to advance\u201d peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHopefully this trip has come out with some new ways to advance forward. I think we\u2019ve learned a lot from the trip,\u201d Kushner said after holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff began talks Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on ending the war with Russia, making their first visit to Kyiv a day after meeting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2027693\">with Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a>&nbsp;in the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Witkoff and Kushner, US President Donald Trump\u2019s business ally and son-in-law, have been to Moscow several times but had never held talks in the Ukrainian capital \u2014 hit by deadly Russian strikes for more than four years \u2014 until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is very important that the delegation has arrived to see us. We have been waiting a long time for Steve and Jared, Witkoff and Kushner,\u201d Zelensky said, thanking Trump for \u201callowing them to come\u201d amid the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like all visiting officials, the pair arrived by train, with \u201cPeace Express\u201d written on the platform at Kyiv Central Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelensky said Kyiv had \u201cprepared everything to make our airports operational\u201d, but that Russian strikes made arriving by plane impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian airspace has been closed since Russia launched its invasion in 2022. Zelensky also said European national security advisers would take part in some of the talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia and Ukraine have vowed not to strike each other\u2019s capitals during the US envoys\u2019 trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of the talks, Zelensky showed the Americans Kyiv\u2019s historic Saint Sophia\u2019s Cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018Substantive plans\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Witkoff and Kushner are hoping to revive negotiations to end Europe\u2019s worst conflict since World War II, after a summer of escalation. Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A White House official said in a statement to&nbsp;<em>AFP<\/em>&nbsp;that in Moscow they had \u201cdiscussed substantive plans which will be announced in the coming weeks\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kremlin said the Americans \u201cput forward a number of ideas on possible routes to a settlement\u201d, but did not elaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin has repeatedly said Moscow intends to seize the rest of eastern Ukraine, and Russia increased deadly strikes this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Putin launched the invasion in February 2022, the war has dragged on with no end in sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Kyiv, many welcomed the fact the Americans even made it to Ukraine, but few believed in a breakthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018Idea for peace\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin on Saturday told the US envoys that Moscow would ensure their safety in Kyiv. Just days ago, Russia struck the headquarters of the SBU security building in central Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian president also thanked Trump for persisting in his efforts to end the war despite it being \u201cnot simple\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the envoys\u2019 trip to Kyiv, the Russian leader said: \u201cNo matter what happens next, contacts of this kind are undoubtedly always beneficial.\u201d Trump has said his envoys were bringing a \u201cproposal\u201d to end the fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have an idea for peace,\u201d he said, without elaborating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Undercutting Trump\u2019s vow to end the war quickly, US peace efforts have stalled, in part because of Washington\u2019s war with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018Deceived us\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the ceasefire pledges for the capital cities, fighting continued elsewhere. Ukraine\u2019s air force said Russia had attacked overnight with 108 drones and missiles, while Moscow said it had shot down 258 drones. Ukraine said Saturday that 10 people were killed by Russian strikes, including an 11-year-old boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday that its forces had struck a Ukrainian cargo vessel in the Black Sea, which it said was carrying military equipment supplied to the Ukrainian army by Western countries, Russian news agencies reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the war in its fifth year and thousands dead, peace seemed out of reach for most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KYIV(National Times)- US President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner said Sunday he hoped his first trip to Ukraine for talks on ending the war with Russia would lead to \u201cnew ways to advance\u201d peace. \u201cHopefully this trip has come out with some new ways to advance forward. 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