US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a swearing in ceremony for interim US Attorney Jeanine Pirro in the Oval Office on May 28, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

As the Trump administration rushes to secure a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump is dispatching two of his highest profile diplomats to Moscow.

They are his former business associate and his son-in-law – and neither has been confirmed by lawmakers in the Senate.

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. The two men will work to get the Russian leader who started the war by invading his neighbor to agree to end it.

Trump’s latest efforts on Ukraine, with face-to-face

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