U.S. envoy Witkoff to head to Europe for peace talks this week

U.S. envoy Witkoff to head to Europe for peace talks this week
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Kyiv, Ukraine, 6 September 2026.
Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and officials from major European nations and NATO in Norway this week for talks about ending the war in Ukraine. He is also set to travel to Russia to speak to Vladimir Putin.  

⦿ 03:20 GMT | UPDATE

Trump negotiator set to fly to Europe for Ukraine peace talks this week, sources say 

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump's negotiator Steve Witkoff is set to travel to Norway this week for the next round of negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Two of the people said they expected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to attend the meetings. Another person familiar with the matter said Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was expected to take part in the talks, was sick and would attend virtually.

The Oslo discussions are expected to include Zelenskyy, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, representatives of the E4 – made up of Britain, France, Germany, and Poland – the European Union, and NATO.

Witkoff is also set to travel to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin, two of the people familiar with the matter said. The Russian conversations are going to focus on a range of topics related to Ukraine as well as the release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard, who was jailed in Russia in 2022.

The people, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the schedule was tentative and could change.

⦿ 03:16 GMT | UPDATE

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