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

From LBCI Lebanon · () English

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  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces not to strike Kyiv for three days from midnight.
  • The pause was linked to a planned visit to the Ukrainian capital by U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
  • The envoys were preparing to travel to Kyiv from Moscow.

Russia will halt strikes on Kyiv for three days during a planned visit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys, the Kremlin said.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Vladimir Putin had ordered Russian forces not to strike the Ukrainian capital for three days from midnight. State news agency TASS quoted him as saying the order came as Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff prepared to travel from Moscow to Kyiv.

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 to pause strikes on Kyiv during the planned visit by U.S. envoys.
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