Witkoff and Kushner with Putin in Moscow, and with Zelensky in Kiev – Screengrabs/XAn ‘idea for peace’ was planted – will it flourish?US President Donald J. Trump sent his two top negotiators on a peace trip to Russia and Ukraine, and the results of this move are still to be fully understood.Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner flew to Moscow on Saturday, and were welcomed by Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s Special Envoy for investment & economic cooperation.Kushner, Dmitriev, and Witkoff – Screengrab/XDmitriev is Russia’s great cheerleader for the peace process and the rekindling of the commercial ties between the two nuclear superpowers.He took Witkoff and Kushner to lunch before proceeding to the Kremlin, where the American envoys met with Vladimir Putin once again.White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and White House Envoy Jared Kushner met today with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, and Russian Direct Investment Fund head Kirill Dmitriev in Moscow. Per Russian news reports, Putin welcomed… pic.twitter.com/RW8DjbRhVO— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) September 5, 2026The open part of the meeting was filled with pleasantries from side to side, before the closed part of the meeting that ran over 3 hours.Besides Putin and Dmitriev, there is no presence of Russian chief peace negotiator Yuri Ushakov.READ: Breaking – Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner Meet with Putin at Kremlin – Putin Agrees to Ceasefire in Ukraine-Russian War for Three DaysUS envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Kyiv on train for talks with Ukrainian officials on the settlement of the war.Upon their arrival, they were greeted by the head of the Ukrainian negotiation team, Rustem Umerov, and later met with President Zelensky. pic.twitter.com/uePzURIvVV— Status-6 (War & Military News) (@Archer83Able) September 6, 2026On Sunday, Witkoff and Kushner arrived by train in Kiev for their first-ever visit, and were welcomed by top Ukrainian negotiators Kyrylo Budanov and Rustem Umerov. Weitere Aufnahmen vom Treffen von Steve Witkoff und Jared Kushner mit Wolodymyr Selenskyj. pic.twitter.com/6UCViNtfSw— Siegfried Brandenburg gegen Nazis (@Siegfri41835106) September 6, 2026While still in the streets of Kiev, the pair met with Volodymyr Zelensky for a walk around the bombed-out streets of the capital.During the meeting, Zelensky had with him all his peace negotiators: besides Budanov and Umerov, the presence of Davyd Arakhamia, Andrii Hnatov and Serhii Kyslytsia was also noticed.Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv as the Trump administration renewed its push to end Russia’s war in Ukraine https://t.co/FjkvOIJRgZ pic.twitter.com/6Q5j82odvb— Reuters (@Reuters) September 6, 2026While many critics see Witkoff’s and Kushner’s weekend peace trip as a mere series of photo-ops, all three parties involved described the talks as being a step forward – Wikoff described it as ‘very meaningful’.As the trip was announced, Trump said that they had ‘an idea for peace’. What this idea is, we’re still not sure.On next few days, as the content of the two talks starts to get leaked, we’ll probably have a better notion.Read more:‘AN IDEA FOR PEACE’: Trump Confirms Top Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner Will Travel to Russia and Ukraine To Try To Restart Peace Process (VIDEOS)/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i