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US envoys Witkoff and Kushner could visit Ukraine, Kyiv says

By Thomson Reuters Apr 4, 2026 | 11:35 AM

KYIV, April 4 (Reuters) – U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner could travel to ​Kyiv in April, the ‌Ukrainian president’s top aide Kyrylo Budanov said on Saturday, amid efforts to revive peace talks with Russia ‌which ​stalled after the ⁠outbreak of war ⁠in the Gulf.

“Kushner, Witkoff, Lindsey Graham — those are the ones expected to come. Who else ​will be there — we’ll see,” Budanov told Bloomberg, adding ⁠that the meeting ⁠could take place shortly ​after Orthodox Easter on April ​12.

This would be the first official ‌visit to Kyiv for Witkoff and Kushner, who have previously met Ukrainian representatives in ⁠the U.S., but have travelled to Moscow for talks with Russia.

Talks brokered ⁠by ‌Washington between Ukraine and ⁠Russia to end Moscow’s ​four-year ‌war in Ukraine stalled ​after the ⁠U.S. and Israel bombed Iran, triggering waves of retaliatory strikes on numerous Middle Eastern states.

(Reporting by Max Hunder; Editing by ​Toby Chopra)