The White House has published an official account of a U.S. diplomatic mission that took Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner from Moscow to Kyiv as Washington continued efforts aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
According to the White House, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Moscow in early September 2026 for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Talks in Moscow
Official White House photographs and captions show Witkoff and Kushner arriving at Vnukovo International Airport on September 5 before meeting Putin at the Kremlin.
The White House described the purpose of the meeting as continuing dialogue aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
The publicly released White House material documents the meeting but does not announce a ceasefire agreement or a final peace settlement resulting from the Moscow talks.
From Moscow to Kyiv
After the talks in Moscow, the U.S. delegation traveled through Poland and continued by train to Kyiv.
On September 6, Witkoff and Kushner arrived at Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi railway station and later met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
White House photographs show the U.S. envoys with Zelenskyy at St. Sophia Square and during discussions at Mariinsky Palace.
Direct contacts with both sides
The sequence is significant because the same U.S. delegation held talks with the Russian president and then traveled directly to Ukraine for consultations with the Ukrainian president.
The White House presented both stages as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts concerning the war.
At the same time, the official material does not provide detailed negotiating proposals, concessions, security guarantees or the text of any potential agreement.
What the official record establishes
- Witkoff and Kushner traveled to Moscow.
- They met Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin.
- The White House said the talks were intended to continue dialogue toward ending the war.
- The U.S. delegation then traveled to Kyiv.
- They met Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mariinsky Palace on September 6.
The diplomatic mission therefore represents another documented round of direct U.S. engagement with both Moscow and Kyiv, while any substantive outcome will depend on subsequent negotiations and official announcements.