Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited the Kremlin as both Russia and Ukraine escalated aerial attacks. Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy both agreed to pause strikes on each other’s capitals while the talks took place.
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Saturday to try to revive a stalled push to end the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Russian state news outlets reported.
President Vladimir Putin, right, greets U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, center, prior to talks at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
A local resident wears a gas mask as he rides a bicycle past a partially destroyed warehouse after a Russian drone attack in Brovary on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff, right, Jared Kushner, center, and Presidential Envoy Kirill Dmitriev stand prior to talks at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
