Witkoff and Kushner met with Putin in Moscow. What the media is writing
Envoys of the President of the United States Stephen Witkoff and Jared Kushner presented to Russian President Vladimir Putin the proposals of the American side to end the conflict in Ukraine. These are the first talks since the United States shifted its attention from the Ukrainian crisis to the military operation in Iran. On September 6, representatives of Donald Trump will hold talks in Kiev for the first time. What the world press writes about this is in the Izvestia article.
Bloomberg: the negotiation process should be conducted systematically, not every six months
The trip of American envoys Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow marked a new attempt by US President Donald Trump to end the conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the talks, calling the situation "difficult." Previous trips by Witkoff and Kushner to Russia have not yielded results, and there is no reason to believe that Moscow will abandon its stated goals. On the contrary, Russia's demands are getting tougher, as it believes that its positions are stronger than those of Ukraine, anonymous sources close to the Kremlin said.
Bloomberg
Alexey Gromyko, director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that there is a possibility that this visit will give a new impetus to efforts to achieve mutually acceptable conditions in Ukraine. The key question is whether Washington is ready to participate in the negotiation process on an ongoing basis, "rather than returning to it only once every six months," he said. Sam Charap, a senior political analyst at the Rand Corporation, called the visit by Witkoff and Kushner timely, "as the current escalation is rapidly gaining momentum, and it seems that left to themselves, the parties will continue to raise the stakes."
The EU Ambassador to Washington, Jovita Neliupshene, considered the order of visits controversial: first, the American negotiators went to Moscow, then to visit Kiev. She noted that first of all, it is necessary to communicate with an ally, and for the Europeans, the primary task remains to provide Ukraine with everything necessary.
The Washington Post: The United States resumes stalled negotiations between Moscow and Kiev
The talks between President Putin, Witkoff and Kushner lasted more than three hours and were "meaningful, constructive and extremely frank," Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told the press. He said that the American envoys had formulated ideas on possible ways to resolve the conflict and intended to use the arguments they received during their visit to Kiev the next day.
The Washington Post
The meeting took place against the backdrop of stalled negotiations on ending the "military operation" in Ukraine, which has been going on for the fifth year due to the US war with Iran. CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a rare trip to Moscow last month, where he warned his Russian intelligence colleagues that the escalation of the conflict would turn against Russia, The Washington Post reported. According to three people familiar with the course of his negotiations, he called for the resumption of negotiations <...>.
On September 4, Trump said that there is a "personality problem" in relations between Russia and Ukraine — the leaders of the countries hate each other, and the trip of American envoys was undertaken to find out if something could be achieved on the new negotiating track. The situation has changed in the months since my last trip.: The sides have stepped up air strikes deep into each other's territories, and Russia has begun using modified Geranium jet drones, which are more difficult to shoot down.
The Guardian: Trump announced a new proposal to end the Ukrainian conflict
Ushakov pointed out that Russia had informed the American envoys of its "confidence" in Russia's achievement of its goals in Ukraine, hinting that the Kremlin's position remained unchanged. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky accused Russia of attacking the airports of Kiev and Boryspil, considering it a reaction to the arrival of negotiators in Kiev. In response, he promised to "adjust operations regarding Russian airspace," while excluding a threat to a diplomatic visit.
The Guardian
The visit to Moscow took place after Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had a new proposal to end the conflict, without going into details. Trump made ending the military operation a priority at the beginning of his second term, but little has changed so far. Trump said his son-in-law Kushner and business ally Witkoff had made a "proposal to end the conflict."
The Kremlin said it would not launch strikes on Kiev from midnight on September 5, and Zelensky promised to suspend strikes on Moscow until September 7. He stated that he had spoken with American officials and expected them to arrive in Kiev on the 6th. In recent months, diplomatic efforts to resolve the situation in Ukraine have stalled, and US attention has shifted to the operation in Iran, which has led to an escalation of the Ukrainian conflict.
Reuters: the conflict in Ukraine is far from over, despite Trump's statements
An unnamed White House official said the talks in Moscow were "meaningful," and further steps would be announced in the coming weeks. Envoys of the US president Witkoff and Kushner did not comment on the situation for the press — after the talks they will meet with Zelensky in Kiev. US President Donald Trump said that the United States has a new proposal to resolve the conflict.
Reuters
Throughout the summer, Ukraine carried out devastating attacks on Russian refineries, oil terminals and warehouses of online retailer Wildberries, thus trying to force Moscow to suffer losses from the continuation of the war. Zelensky said that Kiev is ready to refrain from attacks on Moscow until Monday. Russia and Ukraine are still far from agreeing on how to end the conflict.
A source close to the Kremlin said that there is no chance of reaching a truce along the front line until the security of the remaining part of Donbass is ensured. According to him, the Russian president is confident that this will happen before the end of the year. Western military analysts consider this unlikely. Ukraine refused to surrender the territories, calling these conditions tantamount to surrender.
Le Figaro: Witkoff and Kushner will hold talks in Kiev for the first time
Ushakov noted that the American representatives arrived prepared and presented several ideas for resolving the conflict. The White House, in turn, said that Trump would announce the next steps in the coming weeks. The US president did not specify what his proposal was, calling it simply an "idea" to achieve peace, and described the conflict itself as a "personality problem."
Le Figaro
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will indeed arrive in Ukraine for the first time on Sunday. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, at some point the possibility of a direct flight of Kushner and Witkoff from Moscow to Kiev was considered, which would be an exceptional case. According to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, a U.S. government plane with two envoys on board finally landed early Sunday morning in Rzeszow, Poland, near the Ukrainian border. Usually, officials traveling to Ukraine travel there by train from neighboring countries, as Ukrainian airports have been closed since the beginning of the conflict.
Kiev said that the attacks on the airports on the evening of September 4 were "demonstrative." On Sunday morning, September 6, the Ukrainian authorities issued an alert about drones in the capital, but canceled it after about 20 minutes. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier that Putin had ordered the suspension of strikes on Kiev for three days to hold talks between American envoys and the Ukrainian side.
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