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Putin meets with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for Ukraine talks

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The Independent UK · Sep 5

Putin tells US envoys Witkoff, Kushner that situation in Ukraine is 'difficult'

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoys at the Kremlin for peace talks. Both sides agreed to pause strikes on each other's capitals during the discussions. US envoys will also visit Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, for the first time. Russian attacks killed five people at a Ukrainian industrial site. Ukrainian…

The Economic Times · Sep 5

Putin Pauses Strikes On Ukraine As US Envoys Arrive. Hope Flickers.

Washington has been pushing to end the conflict, which is now in its fifth year. The conflict lost momentum after the US attention veered to its conflict with Iran in the Middle East, which began late in February.

International Business Times · Sep 5

Ukraine-Russia war latest: No sign of breakthrough in Putin’s ‘highly useful’ peace talks as Trump envoys head to Kyiv

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are visiting Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend

The Independent UK · Sep 5

US envoys set for Kyiv visit after 'substantive' talks with Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had earlier said Ukraine would hold off on strikes while Witkoff and Kushner made the trip, while calling on Moscow to do the same.

Euronews · Sep 5

Putin orders 72-hour halt in strikes on Kyiv as Trump envoys arrive in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow. The visit is part of renewed efforts to end the war in Ukraine, and the two men are set to travel to Kyiv on Sunday.

France 24 · Sep 5

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy calls air truce as Kushner and Witkoff head for Kyiv via Moscow

Direct hit on SBU headquarters in Kyiv targeted intelligence chief; airline suspends Moscow flights after Zelenskyy warning. What we know on day 1,655

The Guardian - AU · Sep 5

Russian drone strikes Ukraine ‘MI5’ headquarters ahead of US peace talks

President Zelensky instructed the SBU to deliver an ‘appropriate, tangible response’ to the Russians following the strike on headquarters

The Independent UK · Sep 4

Germany’s ‘Most Dangerous Man’: PR gift for the AfD?

The Ukrainian capital was hit by Russia’s most intense wave of air attacks on Kyiv, reportedly in four years, with Reuters describing air raid sirens, drones, cruise and ballistic missiles exhausting Ukraine’s defence system, with 12 people killed and the Ukrainian foreign minister making a direct appeal to Western allies…

France 24 · Sep 4

Russian drone strikes Ukraine's security service HQ, escalating air war

A Russian drone struck Ukraine's SBU security service headquarters in Kyiv on Friday. The attack injured at least twelve people and damaged nearby buildings in the historic city center. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed retaliation for the significant escalation of Russian air strikes. This strike occurred as U.S. negotiators prepared to…

The Economic Times · Sep 4