US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held more than three hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday evening, Sept. 5, presenting proposals on potential pathways to end the war against Ukraine. The meeting at the Kremlin lasted three hours and 10 minutes and included formal discussions followed by an informal working dinner, according to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Putin was joined by Ushakov and Russian special representative for economic cooperation Kirill Dmitriev, who characterized the trip on social media as an “important peacemaking visit.” A White House official told Reuters that the negotiations were “meaningful,” adding that the next steps in the diplomatic process would be announced in the coming weeks. Ushakov stated that the US envoys arrived “seriously prepared” and presented concrete ideas for a settlement. However, the Kremlin reiterated its standard demands regarding the conflict, emphasizing battlefield positions and the need to address what Moscow terms the “root causes” of the war. Ushakov added that the US delegation agreed to take Putin’s assessments into account during their scheduled meetings in Kyiv. Beyond the war in Ukraine, the discussions covered broader bilateral economic relations, including potential large-scale, mutually beneficial US-Russian commercial projects.