{"id":17486,"date":"2026-09-08T09:22:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17486"},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:22:56","slug":"witkoff-touts-substantive-progress-after-peace-talks-with-ukraine-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=17486","title":{"rendered":"Witkoff touts \u2018substantive progress\u2019 after peace talks with Ukraine, Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5-1.png 497w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5-1-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special envoy Steve Witkoff touted \u201csubstantive progress\u201d in the wake of U.S. talks on the Russia-Ukraine war with both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnited States negotiators visited both Moscow and Kyiv in order to facilitate additional dialogue to end the Russia-Ukraine War. Ahead of the trip, the Russians and Ukrainians agreed to a three-day no-shoot policy to enable these discussions to occur,\u201d Witkoff said in a statement obtained by NewsNation\u2019s Hannah Brandt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSpecial Envoy Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and officials from the National Security Council, State Department, and Treasury Department met with both President Putin of Russia and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine in order to discuss each side\u2019s proposals with the other,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Witkoff added later in the statement that \u201csubstantive progress was made, including movement on scheduling additional trilateral talks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The war between Russia and Ukraine has been one of the main foreign policy problems dogging the U.S. in the last few years, and if the conflict continues past next February, it will cross the four-year mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Sunday, Witkoff said the U.S. was confident that trilateral talks will lead to a \u201cgood resolution\u201d to the war in Ukraine after he and Jared Kushner, President Trump\u2019s son-in-law, met with officials in Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to CNN, Sunday was the envoys\u2019 first time visiting Kyiv to negotiate an end to the war. 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