Witkoff and Kushner Call Kyiv Talks With Zelenskyy 'Substantive' After Moscow Stop

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday, September 6, 2026, traveling overland after a stop in Rzeszow, Poland, for meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following Saturday's talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Witkoff called the Kyiv discussions 'substantive,' saying 'we are very encouraged,' though neither side disclosed specifics of the US peace proposal. Kushner said he hoped to return to a trilateral format allowing Washington, Moscow, and Kyiv to negotiate directly rather than through US intermediaries; the weekend shuttle diplomacy marked the most active push to revive the stalled peace process since the Iran war diverted the administration's attention earlier this year.