{"id":664030,"date":"2026-09-06T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=664030"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:05:00","slug":"diplomatic-blitz-witkoff-kushner-hold-substantial-ukraine-talks-after-putin-meeting-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=664030","title":{"rendered":"Diplomatic Blitz: Witkoff, Kushner Hold &#8220;Substantial&#8221; Ukraine Talks After Putin Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Diplomatic Blitz: Witkoff, Kushner Hold &#8220;Substantial&#8221; Ukraine Talks After Putin Meeting<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s diplomatic sprint shifted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/us-envoys-witkoff-kushner-land-moscow-peace-talks-putin\">Moscow to Kiev over the weekend<\/a>, with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner arriving in Ukraine for talks with senior officials. The visit came one day after the pair met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Russian state media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/2183323\">TASS<\/a> cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who said <strong>Putin&#8217;s meeting with Witkoff and Kushner had created an &#8220;atmosphere of trust, at least through this channel of communication.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Putin meets Witkoff and Kushner for peace talks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NqqAelwuEG\">pic.twitter.com\/NqqAelwuEG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clash Report (@clashreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/clashreport\/status\/2096283283491274793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>The very fact that the meeting is taking place means that an atmosphere of trust does indeed exist, at least through this channel of communication, and that it is strengthening. As a rule, however, expanded exchanges of such welcoming remarks emerge when there are messages that the head of state considers necessary to convey<\/strong>,&#8221; Peskov explained to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>A White House official said Witkoff and Kushner&#8217;s three-hour meeting with Putin &#8220;<strong>discussed substantive plans for next steps, which will be announced in the coming weeks<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Reuters cited Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, who said <strong>Putin, Trump, and Chinese President Xi Jinping may hold a trilateral meeting at the next Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After the Moscow meeting on Saturday, Witkoff and Kushner traveled to Ukraine for the first time during Trump&#8217;s second term as part of his pledge to bring the conflict to an end.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Ukraine by train.<\/p>\n<p>They were greeted by senior Ukrainian officials. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KLRk9796Zf\">pic.twitter.com\/KLRk9796Zf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clash Report (@clashreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/clashreport\/status\/2096547238101033139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bloomberg reported early Sunday that <strong>Witkoff and Kushner&#8217;s first round of talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> and other high-level officials had ended.<\/p>\n<p>Witkoff was quoted by the outlet as describing his talks with Ukrainian officials as &#8220;<strong>substantial<\/strong>,&#8221; although no further details about what was discussed were released.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;We all want to end the war, and we are on the same page here,&#8221; Zelenskyy said in brief remarks to reporters after the first meeting. &#8220;Every such meeting gets us closer to peace.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Steve Witkoff to Zelensky:<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re having a great time here, and the hospitality is unsurpassed.<\/p>\n<p>The President wanted Jared and I to come here.<\/p>\n<p>We had a great trip, took the train, and as you said, it was a delightful trip. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QTFxcdlwdT\">pic.twitter.com\/QTFxcdlwdT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clash Report (@clashreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/clashreport\/status\/2096610591313994092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Zelenskyy was expected to speak to the reporters later in the day alongside the US envoys.<\/p>\n<p>The push for a diplomatic end to the four-and-a-half-year conflict began with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/us-air-force-c-17-makes-mysterious-visit-moscow\">CIA Director John Ratcliffe&#8217;s<\/a> unexpected visit to Moscow nearly two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the weekend meetings, <strong>Bloomberg reporters were increasingly less optimistic about a breakthrough peace deal, saying the prospects for ending the war remained low.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sun, 09\/06\/2026 &#8211; 13:05<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diplomatic Blitz: Witkoff, Kushner Hold &#8220;Substantial&#8221; Ukraine Talks After Putin Meeting President Trump&#8217;s diplomatic sprint shifted from Moscow to Kiev over the weekend, with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner arriving in Ukraine for talks with senior officials. The visit came one day after the pair met with Russian President&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=664030\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Diplomatic Blitz: Witkoff, Kushner Hold &#8220;Substantial&#8221; Ukraine Talks After Putin Meeting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-664030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=664030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=664030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=664030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=664030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}