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Putin receives U.S. envoys in Kremlin to revive talks on ending the war

From Clarín · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin met U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in an effort to revive stalled negotiations over the war with Ukraine.
  • Russia and Ukraine agreed to suspend attacks on each other’s capitals during the talks, with the pause set to last three days for Kyiv and until Monday for Moscow.
  • The envoys were also due to visit Kyiv, while both sides continued broader air campaigns and reported attacks on military, government and economic targets.

Vladimir Putin received U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday as Washington tried to restart a stalled effort to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. The meeting came as both sides intensified their air campaigns, even while agreeing to suspend attacks on their respective capitals during the talks.

Putin asked the envoys to convey his warm greetings and gratitude to Donald Trump. He described the situation in Ukraine as “complex.” Russian forces launched their full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had ordered that Kyiv not be attacked for three days from midnight Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was ready to stop attacks on Moscow through Monday. “From now until the end of Saturday, as well as Sunday and Monday, Ukraine is ready to refrain from attacks on Moscow, and we expect the Russians to do the same regarding Kyiv,” he said.

From now until the end of Saturday, as well as Sunday and Monday, Ukraine is ready to refrain from attacks on Moscow, and we expect the Russians to do the same regarding Kyiv.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy described Ukraine’s position on suspending attacks during the U.S. delegation’s negotiations.

Witkoff and Kushner were also scheduled to travel to Kyiv, their first visit to the Ukrainian capital during the peace process. Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev received them at the Moscow airport and posted photographs of the delegation leaving the aircraft with the caption, “Welcome to Moscow, peacemakers.”

The talks followed months of stalled peace efforts. Russia had intensified strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, taking advantage of shortages in Ukraine’s air defense systems. A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s Security Service in Kyiv on Friday. Ukrainian long-range operations, meanwhile, hit Russian military facilities, oil refineries and e-commerce centers in an effort to weaken the Kremlin’s war effort and economy and make the war’s consequences felt by civilians.

Welcome to Moscow, peacemakers.

· Kirill DmitrievDmitriev used the caption for photographs showing the U.S. delegation arriving in Moscow.
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Originally published by Clarín 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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