Overview
- U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sept. 5 and Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sept. 6 and returned with detailed proposals that led the three sides to agree to resume trilateral talks.
- The Office of the President of Ukraine said on Sept. 12 that a new three‑way round could take place in early October and would focus first on reducing airstrikes and humanitarian harm.
- Washington says much of a draft ‘peace package’ is ready but Jared Kushner has publicly said a deal is stalled because Kyiv will not accept the territorial line Moscow demands.
- The Kremlin has not ruled out October talks and Russian aides say territory is the central unresolved issue, while Kyiv insists on security guarantees and inclusion in a new European architecture rather than ceding land.
- Even as diplomacy moves forward, combat and long‑range strikes continue, keeping civilian risk high and making near‑term gains likely to be limited to measures that reduce attacks and ease flows of aid and Black Sea trade.