Trump envoys to visit Moscow

US presidential envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow on Thursday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin following US-mediated trilateral peace negotiations with Russian and Ukrainian delegations.

“One of the positives is we agreed that we’re going to have the biggest humanitarian release of prisoners, which we’re going to finalize the numbers tomorrow,” Kushner told reporters Wednesday, confirming progress from the diplomatic meetings.

The presidential adviser explained that the Moscow visit aims to review the Abu Dhabi discussions, saying, “we see some openings and some opportunities there.”

A primary objective of the mission to Russia involves broadening the negotiating framework, Kushner noted, explaining that Washington intends to secure European participation to establish an enduring multilateral peace format.

The envoys will later travel to Dublin to brief Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and further explore ideas discussed during the negotiations, Kushner said.

The upcoming visit follows two days of US-mediated trilateral talks hosted in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi, which marked the first direct three-way peace sessions since discussions held in Geneva in February.