Witkoff, Kushner Meet Putin Envoy Dmitriev in New York

US President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev in New York to discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine and potential cooperation between Washington and Moscow, CNN reported, citing sources.The meeting was not announced in advance. Bloomberg reported beforehand that Dmitriev was expected to receive new US proposals concerning the war. The contents of any proposals shared have not been disclosed.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.Dmitriev, Putin’s envoy for investment and economic cooperation, traveled to New York to continue US-Russia dialoguefollowing the American envoys’ visits to Moscow and Kyiv earlier this month.He and Putin’s foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov attended the Sept. 5 meeting between Putin and US representatives at the Kremlin.The New York talks coincided with diplomatic meetings surrounding the UN General Assembly. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump also met on the sidelines of the assembly.Ukraine pushes for an unconditional ceasefireOn Sept. 23, Kyiv unveiled an unconditional ceasefire proposal backed by 50 countries in a joint statement.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has ruled out a ceasefire during peace talks.Moscow has nevertheless said it wants to resume trilateral negotiations with Ukraine and the US, although no date for another round has been announced.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sept. 23, after meeting Lavrov, that Russia and Ukraine had both expressed interest in a limited ceasefire covering grain and energy infrastructure. Other Topics of Interest ‘Bodies on the Ground’: Russian Drone Hits Kyiv Office, Killing 4 and Injuring 7 Four people were killed and seven injured, including a child, after a drone struck an office center in the capital’s Solomianskyi district. That narrower arrangement would fall short of the unconditional ceasefire Kyiv has proposed. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 97% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.