US peace negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend in an effort to end the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that he will meet the envoys on Sunday, after they visit Moscow on Saturday to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Witkoff and Kushner have led US President Donald Trump's efforts to broker a peace deal in the Middle East as well as Ukraine.
Trump announces the US envoys' travel aim
"They are bringing with them a proposal to end the war," Trump told reporters on Friday, September 4.
Without providing any details about the peace proposal, Trump noted, "We have an idea for peace."
This would be the US envoys' first visit to Kyiv since Trump's reelection last year.
Strikes in Ukraine ahead of the US envoys visit
Meanwhile, earlier on Friday, Zelensky said a Russian drone hit the office of Ukraine's security chief, Oleksandr Poklad, in Kyiv, who was not harmed in the attack.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called the strike "a major escalation" of the war.
In a post on social media, Zelensky said he had ordered Poklad, who heads the SBU security service, to respond "adequately" to the attack.
On Saturday, regional authorities said four people had been killed in a Russian strike on the south-eastern city Kamianske.
Oleksandr Ganzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, said five others had been wounded.
Zelensky said he would guarantee the safety of Russian airspace during the envoys' visit and called for Russia to do the same for Ukraine.
Russia's state news agency Tass said Witkoff and Kushner were "expected to arrive in Moscow and then to Kyiv... on 5-6 September", quoting a source.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later told reporters, "I wouldn't announce anything, but when these contacts take place, we will inform you."
Meanwhile, Putin told an international economic forum on Thursday that "there are chances" a peace deal could be reached.
"First of all, Moscow and Kyiv must agree between themselves," he said.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and currently controls about 20% of its territory.
