Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump`s special envoy Steve Witkoff, right, shake hands during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025./ (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

President Trump said Tuesday that Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will likely meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, as the administration looks to broker an end to the war in Ukraine.

"I think so," Trump told reporters on Air Force One on whether Witkoff will meet with the Russian leader.

Witkoff last met with Putin in Moscow in August. The president added that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, may also join.

Witkoff, Kushner, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were part of the U.S. delegation that met with Ukrainian officials in Geneva over the weekend. The Hill has reached out to the State Department regarding whether Rubio will also be part of the Moscow delegation.

In Geneva, U.S. and Ukrainian officials, with input from European leaders, ironed out the details of a peace proposal from the Trump administration.

The original plan, crafted by U.S. and Russian officials, called for - among other items - confirming Ukraine`s sovereignty, providing it with security guarantees from the U.S., and ensuring that Russia adopts a nonaggression policy toward Ukraine.

The proposal has been tweaked amid negotiations in Switzerland, however.

Earlier Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video on the social platform X that his negotiators are working with the U.S. to "ensure truly real, effective steps toward ending this war."

Bloomberg also reported Tuesday on an Oct. 14 phone call between the U.S. special envoy and Yuri Usakov, a foreign policy aide to Putin.

During their conversation, Witkoff tells Ushakov that he thinks the three sides can agree to a plan similar to the 20-point outline Israel and Hamas agreed to days earlier.

Witkoff also tells Ushakov to tell Putin to congratulate Trump on brokering the deal in the Middle East and to call the president a "man of peace."

Trump and Putin spoke via phone on Oct. 16, a day before Zelensky met with his American counterpart at the White House.

The president told reporters Tuesday that, while he had not previously heard of the phone call, it is a "standard thing," and Witkoff likely gave similar instructions to Ukrainian officials.

"He`s got to sell this to Ukraine, he`s got to sell Ukraine to Russia, that`s what a deal maker does," Trump added.

Overnight on Tuesday, Russia struck residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, killing six and injuring 13, Zelensky said on X. The Ukrainian leader noted that Russia also struck the Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Cherkasy regions.