Trump sends Witkoff and Kushner abroad to push Ukraine peace plan

President Donald Trump announced Friday that US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner are heading abroad to pursue a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, suggesting the US has a fresh concrete proposal to end the war now in its fifth year. Trump did not elaborate on the proposal's details or specify whether the envoys would visit Ukraine, Russia, or both. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the pair would fly to Ukraine on Sunday after visiting Moscow, though the itinerary has been in flux, with the Kyiv leg not fully certain. The Trump administration's previous efforts to settle the conflict have stalled, and Western intelligence doubts Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks a short-term deal, with Ukrainian intelligence believing he may escalate. A Russian drone struck Ukraine's SBU security service headquarters in Kyiv on Friday.