{"id":"742077ee-02dc-4db8-adc1-fb73215fc57e","url":"https://www.axios.com/2026/09/05/putin-witkoff-kushner-trump-ukraine-war","domain":"axios.com","outlet":{"name":"Axios","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Witkoff and Kushner meet with Putin about ending Ukraine war","plainHeadline":"Witkoff and Kushner met Putin to discuss ending the Ukraine war.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner met Russian President Putin at the Kremlin Saturday.","They discussed U.S. ideas for ending the war in Ukraine and resuming talks.","A short pause in airstrikes was agreed to enable talks and a Kyiv visit.","Putin said he has full trust in U.S. mediation and highlighted a pause starting at midnight.","Russia intensified drone and missile attacks in recent days despite talks."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-05T20:44:51.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-05T21:03:10.906Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/a87759a5-1a7b-4279-985c-277959f42a32","storyId":"a87759a5-1a7b-4279-985c-277959f42a32","image":"https://images.axios.com/sqobC2V6dO7WGrEXkPw-XV_iKao=/0x0:4894x2753/1366x768/2026/09/05/1788640436966.jpeg","author":"Barak Ravid","dek":"President Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin Saturday and discussed U.S. ideas for ending the war in Ukraine."}