Tense Diplomacy: Putin Meets US Envoys Amid Ukrainian Conflict
The envoys met Putin for more than three hours as Russia and Ukraine kept up aerial attacks and no compromise emerged.
- In a high-stakes diplomatic engagement, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday, though the three-hour meeting concluded without any announced breakthroughs.
- Putin remains committed to capturing the entire Donetsk region, a goal he believes achievable despite the 1,250-kilometer front line where troops have struggled to make significant progress.
- Both sides continue to escalate aerial attacks, with Russia recently deploying 167 attack drones overnight; Ukrainian defenses suppressed 128 of them, though five people were killed at an industrial facility in Dnipropetrovsk.
- Following the Moscow visit, Witkoff traveled to Kyiv on Sunday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, reporting "substantial progress" from discussions with national security advisers from the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
- Skepticism surrounds the mission, with BBC's Steve Rosenberg reporting that efforts are "doomed" due to perceived political pressures on President Donald Trump as U.S. attention shifts toward the Iran war.
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Russia calls U.S. envoy visit 'a small step' towards ending its war with Ukraine
Russia is calling this weekend's shuttle diplomacy by White House envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Ukraine's capital Kyiv "a small step" toward ending that conflict — but the fighting continues.
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