After Special Envoy Witkoff held separate meetings with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, Russia and Ukraine agreed on October 21 to hold technical-level talks among Washington, Moscow and Kyiv.
U.S. President Trump's special envoy Witkoff met with Zelensky in Oslo, Norway, to discuss the possibility of a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine; Zelensky said he was ready to negotiate.
According to @clashreport, the U.S. side has proposed unfreezing part of Russia's sovereign assets and transferring them to a Washington-controlled fund, aiming to push for the resumption of Ukraine peace talks. The plan was put forward by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during talks held in Miami last week, but it was rejected by the European side.
In September 2026, U.S. presidential envoys Witkoff and Kushner first visited Moscow, then traveled via Poland by special diplomatic train to Kyiv for the first time, holding several hours of talks with Zelensky. Zelensky said the territorial issue can only be resolved at the leadership level, and both sides gave positive assessments of their future outlook, but major differences remain over the Donbas issue.
In September 2026, US special envoy Witkoff told reporters after the shuttle diplomacy of the Russia-Ukraine special envoy concluded that negotiations were progressing positively and that he was confident of arranging a meeting among the leaders of the United States, Russia and Ukraine.
U.S. envoys Wittkoff and Kushner arrived in Doha, will meet the Qatari prime minister and other mediators, and continue regional dialogue on the memorandum of understanding reached with Iran.