Witkoff and Kushner meet Putin in Moscow for Ukraine talks — SkimNews
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- Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin in Moscow, with Trump telling reporters the envoys are "bringing with them a proposal to end the war" — though the article notes previous US-brokered efforts "have failed."
- Russia and Ukraine agreed to halt strikes on each other's capital cities for three days during the delegation's visit, with Zelensky confirming Ukraine "is ready to refrain from strikes on Moscow" and Russian state media reporting Putin ordered a halt on Kyiv.
- The envoys will travel to Kyiv on Sunday — their first visit to Ukraine — with Zelensky saying the plan for Sunday's diplomatic engagements "has been approved" and that he would guarantee the safety of Russian airspace during the trip.
- Zelensky said Russia fired "demonstrative" strikes on Kyiv and Boryspil airports overnight, calling them "a reaction to the discussions and preparations for the possibility of the US side using an aircraft to travel to Ukraine"
- Zelensky also reported an overnight Russian strike on a civilian building in the Dnipro region killed four people and injured five others.
- The Moscow visit comes just over a week after CIA director John Ratcliffe's rare trip to the Russian capital, which Trump described as "semi-routine."
Why it matters: The simultaneous Moscow-Kyiv itinerary and a new US proposal mark the most concrete diplomatic move in months, but Russia reportedly struck the very airports the envoys may need to land at — and the core territorial and security-guarantee disputes remain unresolved after 18 months of failed talks.
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