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US renews push to end Ukraine war, Kushner says 'no guarantee'World

U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Kushner said Washington was renewing efforts to end the war in Ukraine, but offered no guarantee of success.

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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet Zelenskyy in Ukraine after talks with PutinPolitics1:01

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday, one day after holding talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Witkoff said they were “very encouraged,” while Kushner said Trump wanted not only to end the war but also to create conditions for “a long-term durable peace.”

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‘Cordial’ Kyiv meeting, but Zelensky ‘talking as though war will continue’World

Donald Trump’s special peace envoys held a polite and cordial meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday. FRANCE 24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg said Zelensky’s comments afterward suggested the Americans had presented largely the same peace proposals as before, while the Ukrainian president believes the war will continue.

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Trump’s envoys visit Russia and Ukraine as US strikes Iranian oil vesselsWorld

Steven Portnoy reports on Jared Kushner and Steven Witkoff’s meetings on behalf of the United States with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Tennis analyst Mary Joe Fernandez discusses the tournament and whether fan favorite Coco Gauff is on track to win her second US Open title.

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US envoys Kushner and Witkoff ‘very encouraged’ after Kyiv talksWorld

US peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv as the Trump administration renewed efforts to end Russia’s four-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine. They had traveled from Moscow after three hours of talks with Vladimir Putin, but appeared to secure no breakthrough.

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Inside front-line Zaporizhzhia as Russian FPV drones move closerWorld

Residents in Zaporizhzhia are adapting as Russian FPV drones reach deeper into the southeastern Ukrainian city and attacks grow more frequent. The report follows neighborhoods struck by Russian glide bombs and police teams hunting drones, showing how the industrial hub tries to preserve normal life as conditions worsen.

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Ukraine-Russia talks: What are the US objectives?World

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday for their first official visit to Ukraine, as Washington renews its push for peace more than four and a half years after Russia’s full-scale invasion. John E. Herbst, director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, discusses the US objectives.

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Ukraine peace talks revive as US and Iran trade strikesWorld

U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff make their first visit to Kyiv as part of a renewed push for peace in the Ukraine war. U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visits a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank targeted by settler attacks, while militaries prepare for possible future conflicts in space and a Paris boutique promotes luxury butter.

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US Envoys Test New Opening in Ukraine TalksWorld

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv for their first official visit to Ukraine after more than three hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow yielded no announced breakthrough. Ukraine’s deeper strikes into Russia have shifted the conflict’s dynamics, while European governments are watching the renewed US diplomacy with cautious optimism.

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Zelenskyy receives Witkoff and Kushner in KyivPolitics

A renewed U.S. diplomatic initiative brought Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Kyiv on Sunday, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received them. Their visit was part of an effort to hold talks over Russia’s war against Ukraine.

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US envoys arrive in Kyiv in renewed push to end Ukraine warWorld

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Kyiv for a renewed diplomatic effort to end the war in Ukraine. It is their first visit and the highest-level visit by Trump administration officials since the war began. Zelenskyy said Ukraine would remain constructive and needs peace and security guarantees.

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Putin speaks at meeting with US envoys Witkoff and Kushner in MoscowWorld2:14

Russian President Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin on Saturday with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as they sought to revive a stalled effort for peace between Russia and Ukraine. Their visit came while both sides intensified aerial attacks.

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US envoys prepare for Ukraine talks after meeting Vladimir PutinWorld5:29

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are preparing to travel to Kyiv after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow about ending the war. They are seeking equally productive talks in Ukraine, while the White House says substantive plans for next steps were discussed and an announcement is expected in the coming weeks.

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US peace envoys set for Kyiv visit after talks with PutinWorld1:11

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov described the US talks with Vladimir Putin as “extremely frank” and said the American side had presented several ideas for possible paths toward a settlement. US peace envoys are due to travel to Kyiv afterward.

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'A bad sign': US envoys head to Kyiv after three-hour talks with PutinWorld4:15

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are travelling to Kyiv after three-hour discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the White House called “substantive”. FRANCE 24 reports scepticism in Ukraine that the latest negotiations will deliver a long-awaited breakthrough.

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Putin orders 72-hour ceasefire in KyivWorld

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv while U.S. envoys hold talks in Moscow. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to make their first visit to Kyiv tomorrow.

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Ukraine peace talks: Putin meets Trump envoys as diplomacy resumesWorld

The United States is renewing efforts to restart peace negotiations over the war in Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin met US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow. Putin thanked Donald Trump for trying to resolve the conflict, while Witkoff called the meeting significant. Strikes around Moscow and Kyiv were temporarily paused.

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