US envoys visit Kyiv for first time in renewed peace push

US peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday, marking their first visit to Ukraine as negotiators in the Trump administration's renewed push to end Russia's four-and-a-half-year war. The envoys traveled from Moscow, where they held three hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday without securing a breakthrough. Zelenskyy said Ukraine wants peace with security guarantees, while a White House official said next steps would be announced in coming weeks. Previous US-mediated talks have yielded few results, with sides far apart on issues like the Donbas region. Russia has paused strikes on Kyiv until Monday, and Ukraine halted strikes on Moscow, though fighting continues along the 1,200-km front.