In a renewed bid to end one of the most consequential conflicts of the modern era, the Trump administration has dispatched two of its most trusted figures — Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner — simultaneously to Moscow and Kyiv, seeking direct dialogue with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The move represents a deliberate turn toward personal, high-stakes diplomacy at a moment when formal negotiation channels have long gone quiet. Whether this intervention marks a genuine inflection point or another chapter in a war that has resisted resolution depends on whether either side has found new