{"id":2654716,"date":"2026-09-04T15:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witkoff-and-kushner-to-head-to-kremlin-for-meeting-with-putin\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:09:01","slug":"witkoff-and-kushner-to-head-to-kremlin-for-meeting-with-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witkoff-and-kushner-to-head-to-kremlin-for-meeting-with-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Witkoff and Kushner to head to Kremlin for meeting with Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwitkoff-and-kushner-to-head-to-kremlin-for-meeting-with-putin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2654716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump confirmed that his envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve witkoff, are scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin before their upcoming trip to Ukraine. The Russian government-aligned outlet indicated the pair will arrive in Moscow and Kyiv around September 5-6, with a brief meeting with putin prior to talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.This meeting marks Witkoff and Kushner&#8217;s first visit to Kyiv since Trump returned to office.The purpose appears to be to assess whether Russia might shift its position on negotiations regarding Ukraine, although experts like Jan Techau remain skeptical, noting that Putin\u2019s stance remains largely unchanged and that such visits have historically yielded limited results. Additionally, CIA Director John Ratcliffe recently met with his Russian counterpart amid speculation about Moscow&#8217;s intentions, including possible peace efforts, warnings against aiding Iran, or cautioning about Baltic invasions. the meetings highlight ongoing diplomatic efforts,though their effectiveness remains uncertain.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> confirmed on Friday that special envoys <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jared-kushner\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"126\">Jared Kushner<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steve-witkoff\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11770\">Steve Witkoff <\/a>will hold a meeting at the Kremlin with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"80\">Russian<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"79\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> before their planned arrival in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"82\">Ukraine<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Russian government-sponsored outlet <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/tass.ru\/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama\/28079571\">said<\/a> that special envoys <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jared-kushner\/\">Jared Kushner<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steve-witkoff\">Steve Witkoff<\/a> \u201cexpect to arrive in Moscow and then Kyiv on September 5-6,\u201d citing an unnamed source. The pair will meet Putin shortly before traveling to hold talks with Ukrainian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"891\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4713946\/russia-steve-witkoff-jared-kushner-kremlin-meeting-vladimir-putin\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Russia claims Witkoff and Kushner to head to Kremlin for meeting with Putin before Kyiv visit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4713593\/javier-milei-escalates-falkland-islands-feud-after-trump-questions-uk-backing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Javier Milei escalates Falkland Islands feud after Trump questions UK backing<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4713490\/2-trapped-workers-rescued-alive-from-a-tunnel-in-nepal-officials-say\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Two trapped workers rescued alive from a tunnel in Nepal, officials say<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI sent Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, two great negotiators,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey\u2019ve done a great job, and we sent them over to see whether or not we can get something done, and there may be a good chance of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a personality problem in Russia-Ukraine,\u201d the president also said. \u201cYou have President Zelensky and President Putin; they truly hate each other. You know what hate is? They have serious hate, and it\u2019s getting in the way of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/09\/localimages\/AP26102061314573.jpg6a9b1622b297e.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, special envoy for peace missions, listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran on Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will be Witkoff and Kushner\u2019s first trip to Kyiv since Trump returned to office last year. They previously visited Moscow and spoke with Putin and other officials in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The timing of the meeting at the Kremlin will give the team a chance to reassess the position of the Russian government and determine whether the needle has moved on negotiations that have for years been functionally pointless due to contrasting visions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think what they\u2019re trying to get out of this is some sort of deal that they can strike with Putin that would make him slightly softer on the Ukraine side \u2014 something that could instigate negotiations,\u201d Jan Techau, a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cAnd move the Russians to adopt a starting position on negotiations that could be acceptable to the Ukrainians \u2014 something that they can then carry to Kyiv and say, \u2018See, the Russians have moved now, you guys have to move as well.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Techau is not optimistic about Kushner and Witkoff getting what they want from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kremlin\">Kremlin<\/a>, cautioning that \u201cthese visits have never really produced very much of an outcome, at least not in the Ukraine context.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greet U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s envoys Steve Witkoff, centre left, Jared Kushner, second right, and Josh Gruenbaum, the head of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin, in Moscow, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Alexander Kazakov\/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/09\/localimages\/AP26022777399940.jpg6a9b16231e4c6.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, greets U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s envoys Steve Witkoff, center left, Jared Kushner, second right, and Josh Gruenbaum, the head of the Federal Acquisition Service at the General Services Administration, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, in Moscow. (Alexander Kazakov\/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey could never change Putin\u2019s opinion on the war. Putin is a hard-liner,\u201d Techau continued. \u201cHis demands are quite clear. He\u2019s not moving \u2014 he basically wants negotiations under terms that mean that Ukraine gives up before negotiations even start. That\u2019s not acceptable for the Ukrainians. And so they can travel there as much as they want [but] as long as Putin is not changing his fundamental stance on the war, which he\u2019s unlikely to do, none of this will make too much of a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CIA Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-ratcliffe\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3025\">John Ratcliffe<\/a> met with his Russian counterpart in Moscow less than two weeks ago. The nature of these meetings and what was conveyed remains largely unknown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4711267\/russia-close-german-cultural-centers-in-russia\/\">RUSSIA TO CLOSE GERMAN CULTURAL CENTERS AND END \u2018THEIR CULTURAL PRESENCE IN RUSSIA\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports have variously suggested that he was in the Russian capital to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/27\/us\/politics\/cia-director-russia-ukraine.html\">press for peace<\/a> with Ukraine, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/cia-chief-asked-russia-not-share-intelligence-iran-sources-say-rcna594747\">caution them<\/a> against aiding the Islamic regime in Iran, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/08\/26\/cia-russia-nato-moscow-ratcliffe-01051848\">warn<\/a> against a hypothetical invasion of the Baltic states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials in both the United States and Russia initially denied the reports or pleaded ignorance. Trump later dismissed questions about the nature of the visit, calling it a \u201csemi-routine\u201d meeting between counterparts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump confirms Kushner, Witkoff to meet Putin before Ukraine visit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2654717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26102061314573.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4885,4492,4470,44704],"class_list":["post-2654716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-kremlin","tag-kushner","tag-meeting","tag-witkoff"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26102061314573.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2654716"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654719,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654716\/revisions\/2654719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2654717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2654716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2654716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2654716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}