Overview
- President Donald Trump’s special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff held a roughly three‑hour meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday that Kremlin aides called substantive and constructive.
- The envoys traveled to Kyiv and met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday where Ukraine said it would refrain from strikes on Moscow if Russia reciprocated during the visits.
- Moscow announced a 72‑hour halt to strikes on Kyiv tied to the envoys’ trip but both sides reported no breakthrough on core disputes over territory and security guarantees.
- Fighting continued elsewhere across the front and Ukraine accused Russia of launching strikes timed to disrupt the diplomacy that caused civilian deaths and damaged infrastructure.
- U.S. officials said next steps will follow, with the White House preparing a 'peace package' to be disclosed in coming weeks and European security advisers joining follow‑up talks.