Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner to visit Moscow, Kyiv with fresh peace proposal: Trump

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, are heading abroad to try to forge a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, Trump told reporters on Friday.

Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump said the US had a fresh, concrete proposal aimed at ending the war, which is now in its fifth year. He did not elaborate on the proposal or say whether Witkoff and Kushner would travel to Ukraine, Russia or both countries.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that the two men would fly to Ukraine on Sunday after visiting Moscow.

"We have an idea for peace," Trump said.

"I sent Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, two great negotiators. They've done a great job, and we sent them over to see whether or not we can get something done. And there may be a good chance that we'll do it," he said.

The duo had planned to travel to Moscow over the weekend and then visit Kyiv, two sources previously told Reuters. However, their itinerary has remained in flux in recent days, and one of the sources said on Friday that the Kyiv leg of the journey was still not completely certain.

The Trump administration's efforts to settle the war in Ukraine have largely come to nothing, while negotiations stalled in recent months.

In late August, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe travelled to Moscow, in part to press counterparts there to consider a settlement, Reuters and several other media outlets reported.

Most Western intelligence officials doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants a short-term deal, while Ukrainian intelligence believes he is likely to escalate rather than de-escalate the war in the near term.

A Russian drone hit the headquarters of Ukraine's SBU security service in Kyiv on Friday in one of the most high-profile targets struck during the war.

Witkoff, who effectively serves as the lead US negotiator on the war in Ukraine, has travelled to Moscow numerous times but has not yet visited Ukraine.

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