Ukraine, Steve Witkoff and Berlin
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President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a key figure in peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, has approached Apollo Global Management (APO) and KKR (KKR) seeking their support in post-war reconstruction of the war-torn country,
U.S. administration officials signaled Monday a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine may be closer than ever.
During Trump’s first term, Kushner led the president’s push for Arab states to normalise ties with Israel. More recently he was called on to help broker a deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Now his task is to silence the guns and drones on the front lines in the Donbas. Kushner did not respond to a request for an interview for this article.
Reporting his team's progress in Berlin, the US president stated that they are closer to a peace deal than “we have been ever”.
US officials are headed to Berlin for a high-stakes sit-down Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders – as Washington presses for an elusive peace deal to end the
President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held a marathon round of Ukraine peace talks Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin — though they ended with a statement from the Kremlin that parts of the proposal remain “unacceptable.
President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Witkoff are meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday to discuss the war in Ukraine.
Despite promising to stay on the sidelines this administration, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has become enmeshed in critical diplomatic negotiations.