Overview
- U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend and reported 'substantial progress' with both capitals expressing willingness to plan new trilateral talks.
- The three‑day no‑shoot period tied to the envoys' mission ended and, on Tuesday, Russia resumed large-scale attacks on Kyiv that Ukrainian officials said killed civilians and damaged homes and public infrastructure.
- President Trump spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin for about an hour on Tuesday, urging a prompt end to the war and prompting the Kremlin to call the conversation constructive.
- The Kremlin said it would not rule out tripartite talks but said it was too early to set dates or location and has not offered verifiable concessions, a position that EU officials and analysts say makes rapid progress unlikely.
- U.S. negotiators say they hope to convene a meeting similar to February’s Geneva talks, but continued fighting, winter constraints, upcoming Russian domestic timelines and the humanitarian toll on civilians all make any deal fragile and uncertain.