US diplomatic engagement remains the central driver of expectations around high-profile visits to Ukraine before year-end, with special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff completing their first Kyiv trip on September 6 after talks in Moscow. The envoys met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian security officials to advance negotiations amid ongoing Russian strikes and Ukrainian counter-efforts, with both sides describing the discussions as substantive and agreeing on follow-up visits without long pauses. European national security advisers joined the same round of talks, while earlier summer visits by UK, French, and German officials plus regional summits have sustained allied presence. Zelenskyy’s own schedule of partner meetings and planned multilateral events through autumn, alongside the broader Trump administration focus on ending the conflict, continue to shape the calendar for additional diplomatic travel into December.