Putin Orders a 72-Hour Pause in Strikes on Kyiv as US Envoys Visit Russia and Ukraine
Kremlin says the pause begins at midnight and is tied to peace talks as Russia and Ukraine keep trading drone and missile attacks.
- On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv beginning at midnight, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, to facilitate peace talk preparations for U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
- Envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Moscow on Saturday, meeting Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev to revive stalled peace efforts after previously meeting Putin in January.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy linked recent Russian strikes on Kyiv and Boryspil airports to the U.S. visit, describing the move as a reaction to preparations for the delegation's travel to Ukraine.
- Russia deployed 167 attack drones overnight, with Ukrainian air defenses suppressing 128, according to the air force, as the air war intensified along the 1,250-kilometer front line.
- Strikes killed five people at an industrial facility in the Dnipropetrovsk region, while attacks in Nikopol and Russia's Belgorod region wounded several, local officials said; peace efforts remain stalled as the war enters its fifth year.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour truce in the strikes against Kyiv, announced on Saturday the Kremlin. US emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner then arrived in Moscow in an attempt to revive the efforts, currently at a standstill, to put an end to Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Putin orders 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv as US envoys visit Russia, Ukraine
Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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newsbiella.itThe Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the suspension of the attacks on Kiev for three days from midnight. According to reports from Tass, the spokesman of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, he announced that the decision was determined by the preparation and conduct of the ongoing U.S. negotiating meetings in the Russian capital. Indeed, this information was received by the Ukrainian side. The Russian President and Supreme Commander Putin…
Russian head of state Vladimir Putin has ordered a three-day stop of air attacks on Ukraine's capital Kiev because of the visit of US negotiators.
Putin orders 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv as U.S. envoys visit Russia and Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv, the Kremlin said Saturday, as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Because of an American delegation.
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