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US envoys visit Kyiv after Putin talks
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due in Kyiv after presenting a US peace proposal to Vladimir Putin.
What happened
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday before an expected Kyiv visit Sunday. They brought a US proposal to end the Ukraine war. Kremlin officials described the discussions as useful but announced no agreement. Ukraine offered to halt air strikes on Russia during the diplomatic travel.
Numbers
- About 3 hoursLength of Putin meeting
- 3 daysCeasefire period cited by envoy — Terms were not published
- More than 4 yearsDuration of the Ukraine war
Questions
- How long did the Moscow meeting last?
- Russian state media and a Kremlin aide put the meeting at about three hours, after which the envoys left Moscow.
- What did the envoys bring?
- Trump stated that they carried a proposal aimed at ending the war, but neither he nor the Kremlin gave its terms.
- Why did Ukraine offer an air pause?
- Zelensky stated that Kyiv would avoid air strikes on Russia during the diplomats’ travel to protect the visiting Americans.
- What did Russian officials emphasize?
- A Kremlin aide stated that the visitors presented settlement ideas, while Putin again raised what Moscow calls the conflict’s root causes.
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The catch
The proposal’s terms and any outcome from Moscow have not been made public.
No agreement was announced