Trump sends envoys Witkoff and Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with new plan to 'end the war'

US President Donald Trump said Friday he is sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a plan to end more than four years of war in Ukraine. The move marks Washington's latest bid to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. A senior Ukrainian official told AFP the envoys were due in Kyiv on Sunday. US outlet Axios reported they would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, and then President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday. The Kremlin declined to comment. Read moreUkraine warns Russian airspace ‘not safe’ in message to UN aviation watchdog Trump told reporters that the two negotiators would seek to gauge whether progress towards peace was possible. Peace efforts have stalled due to Washington's war with Iran, while Moscow and Kyiv have intensified long-range attacks, driving up civilian casualties to levels not seen since the start of fighting. 'An idea for peace' In late August, ​Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe travelled to Moscow in part to press counterparts there to consider a settlement, Reuters and ...