# ‘A bad sign’: US envoys head to Kyiv after three-hour talks with Putin

https://mins.news/en/item/47156

- France 24, 2026-09-06 06:18 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/a-bad-sign-us-envoys-head-to-kyiv-after-three-hour-talks-with-putin

> US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are travelling to Kyiv after three hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, described by the White House as “substantive”. FRANCE 24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg says scepticism in Ukraine remains high that the negotiations will deliver a long-awaited breakthrough.

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