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Putin orders three-day halt to attacks on Kyiv as US envoys arrive

From El Nacional · () Spanish

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  • The Kremlin said Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to halt attacks on Kyiv for three days while US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visit Moscow and Kyiv.
  • Dmitry Peskov said Kyiv had also informed Moscow that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would suspend attacks on Russia during the envoys’ visit.
  • The pause comes amid intensified Russian strikes on Kyiv and Black Sea ports, Ukrainian attacks on targets in Russia, and stalled Russian-Ukrainian negotiations.

Russia will stop attacking Kyiv for three days as two US envoys travel between Moscow and the Ukrainian capital, according to the Kremlin. President Vladimir Putin ordered the halt from midnight, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, linking it to preparations for contacts between the American envoys and Ukrainian officials.

Peskov also said Kyiv had informed Moscow that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had decided to suspend attacks on Russia while Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were present in the two countries. Washington had demanded security guarantees from both sides. The Kremlin initially denied that an agreement with Ukraine had been reached on the issue.

Russia must do the same. Our goal is for the visit and negotiations with the American side to be as constructive and substantive as possible.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy called for Russia to suspend attacks during the US envoys’ visit.

“Russia must do the same,” Zelenskyy said in his traditional address, adding that his goal was for the visit and talks with the American side to be as constructive and substantive as possible. Earlier in the week, he had threatened to make air communications over Russian territory “impossible” and urged Western foreign ministries and foreign airlines to respond accordingly.

They are carrying a proposal to end the war. Because I ended eight wars.

· Donald TrumpTrump described the proposal being taken to the talks by his envoys.

The temporary halt follows a period of escalation. Kyiv has damaged numerous refineries and e-commerce warehouses in Russia’s rear areas, while Moscow has intensified missile attacks on Kyiv and Black Sea ports. The escalation has coincided with a deadlock in the peace process.

Putin was expected to receive both mediators on Saturday. US President Donald Trump said his envoys were carrying a proposal to end the war. Putin agreed to meet Witkoff and Kushner but rejected, for now, a possible three-way summit with the United States and Ukraine unless it was held to sign a final peace agreement. Russian-Ukrainian negotiations have been stalled since February, when the US and Israel began a military operation against Iran.

Impossible

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy had threatened to make air communications over Russian territory impossible.
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Originally published by El Nacional in Spanish. 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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