US envoys Kushner and Witkoff meet Zelensky in Kyiv after Putin talks

US peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday, following Russian President Vladimir Putin's Saturday meeting with the envoys, which he called "highly useful," as the Trump administration renews its push to end Russia's four-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine. The visit marks the envoys' first to Kyiv in their negotiating capacity, with Zelensky having prepared proposals and emphasizing the need for security guarantees and a dignified post-war peace. A White House official said next steps would be announced in coming weeks, while British, French, and German national security advisers were also reportedly in Kyiv. Previous US-mediated talks have stalled on key issues like the Donbas region, and both sides have intensified air strikes, though a temporary halt on strikes against Kyiv and Moscow is in effect until Monday. Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery overnight, and Kyiv residents expressed cautious optimism about the peace push.