Trump administration's special envoys could visit Kyiv again, Axios says
Photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner (Getty Images)
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner may travel to Kyiv again following negotiations in Abu Dhabi, Axios reports.
Kushner and Witkoff planning visit to Kyiv
Following the meetings in Abu Dhabi, Witkoff and Kushner may travel to Moscow and Kyiv. There, they would hold direct talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a US official said.
Over the past two weeks, Witkoff and Kushner have held daily phone calls, sometimes several times a day, with Russian and Ukrainian officials to prepare for the upcoming negotiations, US officials said. According to the outlet, the two negotiators have spent weeks working to persuade Putin to resume peace talks.
"The relations we have built with Putin will be instrumental in these negotiations," a US official said.
The official added that Witkoff and Kushner want to use the negotiations to "crystallize" the decisions that Putin and Zelenskyy will have to make.
Earlier, RBC-Ukraine reported that on November 10-11, the United States would mediate talks between Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi. The working-level meeting is expected to address post-war security arrangements, de-escalation and humanitarian issues.
In addition, Kushner reportedly made a strong demand during a conversation with Zelenskyy in Oslo that Ukraine suspend strikes on Russian oil refineries.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner also held a series of meetings with Ukrainian, Russian and European leaders in Oslo and St. Petersburg.
