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U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, are set to travel to Russia and Ukraine this weekend for talks aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict, U.S. media Axios reported on Friday.

The report said the trip would mark Witkoff and Kushner's first visit to Ukraine since Trump began his second term. On the same day, Trump said the two would submit a plan to Russia for ending the war and see whether any progress could be made.

Witkoff and Kushner are expected to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Saturday and then meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, said the report.

Also, on Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed the visit, saying that Russia will not announce any news in advance, but will provide updates once the meetings take place.

Peskov acknowledged the ongoing U.S. mediation efforts and noted that Russia remains willing to achieve its goals through peaceful means.

He reiterated that the peace conditions outlined by Putin in an address in June 2024 at Russia's Foreign Ministry remain unchanged.

Putin in June 2024 declared that Russia would only announce a ceasefire and begin negotiations if Ukraine withdraws its military forces from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, and formally renounces plans to join NATO.

Zelensky said on Friday that Ukraine will suspend airstrikes against Russia for the duration of the U.S. envoy's visit and talks, and called on Russia to implement a reciprocal halt to its aerial attacks.

He added that Ukraine wants the talks with the U.S. side to be as constructive and substantive as possible, and hopes to seek practical plans to end the conflict.