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Putin holds three-hour Ukraine talks with US envoys

From Vanguard · () English

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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin held more than three hours of talks in Moscow with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
  • The envoys are due to visit Kyiv, while Russia and Ukraine agreed to halt strikes on each other’s capitals for three days to facilitate negotiations.
  • The talks followed a sharp escalation in the war, with Kyiv saying Russian strikes killed 10 people in Ukraine on Saturday.

Vladimir Putin met US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin for more than three hours, ending talks after 11 p.m. Moscow time. The late-night meeting focused on efforts to end more than four years of war in Ukraine, before the envoys’ planned first visit to Kyiv on Sunday.

proposal

· Donald TrumpTrump said Kushner and Witkoff were bringing a proposal aimed at ending the fighting.

US President Donald Trump has said Kushner and Witkoff were carrying a proposal to end the fighting. Washington is trying to revive US-led negotiations over Europe’s worst conflict since World War Two. The United States has not said whether its plan would require Kyiv to surrender territory, while Putin has repeatedly said Moscow intends to seize the rest of eastern Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine agreed not to strike each other’s capitals for three days while the negotiations take place. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had ordered a halt to strikes on Kyiv from midnight for three days. Volodymyr Zelenskyy later said Ukraine would also refrain from attacking Moscow through Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

not stopping

· Vladimir PutinPutin thanked Trump for continuing his efforts to end the war.

Before the closed-door meeting, Putin thanked Trump for continuing efforts to end the war despite the difficulty of the task. Putin also said Russia would ensure the safety of the American envoys in Kyiv, a city Moscow has repeatedly struck during the war. He said Russia would do everything within its power to protect the negotiation process and the mediators.

We will do everything that depends on us to ensure the safety of the negotiation process and mediators such as yourselves.

· Vladimir PutinPutin addressed the US envoys before their planned visit to Kyiv.

The talks followed a summer of escalation and a sharp rise in civilian deaths on both sides. Kyiv said Russian strikes killed 10 people across Ukraine on Saturday, including a child and family members in the Kharkiv region and two people near Kyiv. The war has killed hundreds of thousands and forced millions to flee their homes.

From now through the end of Saturday, as well as on Sunday and Monday, Ukraine is ready to refrain from strikes on Moscow.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy announced Ukraine’s commitment to pause strikes on Moscow during the negotiation period.
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Originally published by Vanguard in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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