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Putin orders three-day halt to strikes on Kyiv during Trump envoys' visit, Kremlin says

From Khaleej Times · () English

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  • President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces not to strike Kyiv for three days as U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff prepare to visit the Ukrainian capital, the Kremlin said.
  • The envoys traveled to Moscow before an expected trip to Kyiv as Washington seeks to break a diplomatic deadlock over the war.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to disrupt the visit, citing strikes on Kyiv's two airports and a civilian target in the Dnipro region that killed five people.

The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has ordered a three-day pause in Russian strikes on Kyiv while U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys prepare to visit the Ukrainian capital.

"The Russian president and commander in chief... has given the order not to strike Kyiv for three days from midnight tonight," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by the state news agency TASS. The order came as Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff prepared to travel from Moscow to Kyiv.

The two envoys landed in Moscow on Saturday to discuss a plan to end more than four years of war between Russia and Ukraine. Their expected trip to Kyiv represents Washington's latest effort to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of trying to disrupt the visit. He pointed to overnight strikes on Kyiv's two airports and an attack on a civilian target in the Dnipro region that killed five people.

The visit would mark the first time Witkoff, a businessman described as a friend of Trump, and Trump's son-in-law Kushner have traveled to war-torn Kyiv since Trump returned to office last year promising to resolve the conflict.

The Russian president and commander in chief... has given the order not to strike Kyiv for three days from midnight tonight.

· Dmitry PeskovThe Kremlin spokesman described Putin's order as U.S. envoys prepared to travel from Moscow to Kyiv.
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