Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow.
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The Daily Beast PodcastSep 8, 2026
Multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (Reuters, AP, BBC, CBS, NPR) report that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Saturday, September 5, 2026, and met Putin, which is consistent with the claim as of 2026-09-08.
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… Um They are next to the people who carry the nuclear codes. Michael, it's Labor Day weekend, and yet there is no rest for us, Michael, because we have a lot to discuss. Steve Wickoff and Jared Kushner have just arrived in Moscow, ah, Moscow, as we call it actually in the UK, but I actually like Moscow, the American pronunciation. We've got, why is Donald Trump insisting on flying on the Qatari plane, even though he knows it's not secure enough? …
The Daily Beast Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports that U.S. special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Saturday for talks on ending the war in Ukraine.[1]
Supports. AP and BBC report that Putin met the U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday, September 5, 2026.[2][3]
Supports. CBS and NPR confirm the envoys arrived in Moscow on Saturday to push for an end to the war in Ukraine.[4][5]
Context. The envoys were scheduled to travel to Kyiv the following day, so the Moscow visit was a stop on a trip rather than a standing state; the claim reflects the arrival as of the post date.[3][6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 2 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1US envoys Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Moscow for talks on peace in Ukrainereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet Putin in ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3US envoys meet Putin in Moscow for Ukraine talksbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Trump's envoys Witkoff and Kushner visit Moscow in latest ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5U.S. envoys in Moscow in new push for peace between ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Russia announces 72-hour pause in strikes amid Ukraine talksdw.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Trump’s envoys land in Moscow for Ukraine war talks with Putinusatoday.com · not rated · cited for: context
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