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Trump resumes mediation role in Ukraine but fails to halt the war

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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

At a glance

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  • Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Washington resumed contacts with both sides.
  • The envoys presented what Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov called new ideas, but neither Moscow nor Kyiv showed clear optimism or made a commitment to halt the escalation.
  • The renewed diplomacy comes amid intensified Russian missile attacks and Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure, alongside rising civilian casualties and a fuel crisis in Russia.

Donald Trump has returned to the role of mediator in the Ukraine war, sending Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend. The visits revived high-level contacts between Washington and the two sides, but produced no commitment to stop the military escalation.

new ideas

· Yuri UshakovThe Kremlin adviser described what the U.S. envoys presented during talks in Moscow.

Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday, while the U.S. envoys held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday. The meetings marked the first time Witkoff had visited Kyiv. He had traveled to Russia eight times previously, according to the report.

The contacts resumed after a break that began in February with the start of the military operation against Iran. Since then, the front line has seen little change, but attacks behind the lines have intensified. Ukrainian strikes have targeted Russian refineries and e-commerce warehouses, while Russia has sharply increased ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv and Ukrainian Black Sea ports, especially Odesa.

is not easy

· Vladimir PutinPutin assessed the situation during his meeting with the American envoys.

Civilian casualties rose sharply in July and August. Ukraine is facing growing difficulty intercepting Russian air attacks, while Russia is experiencing a serious fuel crisis. The Kremlin said the American envoys presented “new ideas” for a peaceful settlement during a meeting that lasted more than three hours. Putin acknowledged that the situation “is not easy” but backed Trump's contribution to a political and diplomatic solution. Witkoff said he had made “great progress” in Moscow.

great progress

· Steve WitkoffWitkoff described the outcome of his Moscow discussions.

Trump described the proposals as a plan to end the war, while the report said they appeared to repeat earlier ideas with adjustments for developments over the past six months. Witkoff remained confident of a political solution, and Kushner called for renewed three-way contacts like those held in Geneva on Feb. 18. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia did not oppose restarting that format, calling any reasonably effective effort “a small step toward peace.” Zelenskyy also supported the proposal, although the supplied text ends before detailing his conditions.

a small step toward peace

· Dmitry PeskovThe Kremlin spokesman characterized a possible return to three-way talks.
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Originally published by ABC Color 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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