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U.S. envoys visit Kyiv for first time after meeting Putin in Moscow

NPR | By Joanna Kakissis,

Joel Rose

Published September 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM CDT

US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff made their first trip to Kyiv, one day after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

Joanna Kakissis

Joanna Kakissis is an international correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Joel Rose

Joel Rose is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. As the network’s transportation correspondent since 2023, Rose’s reporting focuses on roadway and pedestrian safety, an air travel system under stress and how emerging technologies are changing the ways we get around.