US envoys headed to Russia and Ukraine to relaunch mediation

The return of Washington’s negotiators raises hope of progress towards a settlement to end Moscow’s war on Ukraine.United States envoys are expected to arrive in Kyiv and Moscow over the weekend, in an apparent bid to revive negotiations aimed at ending Russia’s war on Ukraine.Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late on Thursday that US negotiators were set for meetings in both capitals “in the coming days” and that Ukraine is ready for substantive, high-level negotiations.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘An impasse’: EU ministers fail to break deadlock over Israel and Ukrainelist 2 of 4Ukraine takes the war to Russia’s space programme in tactical shiftlist 3 of 4Ukrainian intel agencies in Kyiv firefight: What happened and why?list 4 of 4Ten injured in Ukraine as Kyiv expects talks with US envoys in coming daysend of listRussia’s state news agency TASS reported on Friday that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would be in Moscow on September 5 and 6.President Donald Trump’s envoys, who have not previously visited Kyiv, were most recently in the Russian capital in January. However, Washington’s mediation efforts have all but halted since the US and Israel launch...