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Putin and Zelenskyy agree to pause attacks on Kyiv and Moscow during US envoys’ visits

From Clarín · () Spanish

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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in attacks on Kyiv as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine would also suspend air attacks during the envoys’ visit and urged Moscow to do the same.
  • The pause came as Russia and Ukraine intensified air campaigns and Washington’s peace effort struggled to regain momentum.

Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in attacks on Kyiv just as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to try to revive stalled peace efforts over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russia’s TASS news agency that Putin had ordered attacks on Kyiv to stop for three days from midnight. He linked the decision to preparations for the envoys’ planned visit to Kyiv, which Ukrainian officials said would take place on Sunday.

The situation that we are going to discuss today is, of course, not easy.

· Vladimir PutinPutin opened his meeting with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow.

Putin opened the meeting with the US delegation by acknowledging the difficulty of the situation. “The situation that we are going to discuss today is, of course, not easy,” he said, before sending his “best wishes” to US President Donald Trump.

best wishes

· Vladimir PutinPutin conveyed his wishes to US President Donald Trump during the meeting.

Zelenskyy said on Friday that Ukraine would halt its air attacks during the envoys’ visit and called on Moscow to do the same. The visit took place as both sides intensified their aerial campaigns, while Washington’s push to end the conflict had lost momentum. The article said US attention had focused over the previous six months on its war with Iran.

TASS reported that Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev welcomed Witkoff and Kushner at the Moscow airport, sharing photographs captioned “Welcome to Moscow, peacemakers.” The pause came amid heavy bombardment. Russia had recently intensified attacks on Kyiv and other cities, including daytime strikes, while Ukraine faced shortages of air-defence systems. A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s Security Service in Kyiv on Friday. Ukrainian long-range operations had targeted Russian military facilities, oil refineries and e-commerce centres. The air war had intensified as ground forces struggled to advance along the 1,250-kilometre front line.

Welcome to Moscow, peacemakers.

· Kirill DmitrievThe Russian envoy used the caption when sharing photographs of the US delegation’s arrival.
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