MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv starting Saturday as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in the Russian capital with what President Donald Trump called a proposal to end the war in Ukraine, Interfax quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying, according to France 24.
The envoys were met at the airport by Russian investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev, TASS reported. They are expected to hold talks in Moscow before traveling to Kyiv on Sunday for their first visit to Ukraine since Trump returned to office. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine would halt airstrikes during the trip and urged Moscow to reciprocate.
Overnight Russian attacks still killed five workers at an industrial site in Kamianske in Dnipropetrovsk region, local military administration head Oleksandr Hanzha said. Zelenskyy linked Russian strikes on Kyiv and Boryspil airports to preparations for a possible U.S. aircraft visit. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched ballistic missiles and 167 attack drones overnight; defenses shot down or suppressed 128.
