Overview
- The envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Saturday and then held talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday as part of a renewed U.S. push to restart negotiations.
- Moscow ordered a 72-hour halt to strikes on Kyiv and Kyiv said it would refrain from strikes on Moscow for the same short window to enable the envoys’ travel and meetings.
- Kremlin aides called the Moscow talks substantive and constructive, but both meetings ended without any public breakthrough or agreement on core issues such as territory and security guarantees.
- Fighting and long‑range strikes continued outside the capital pause, with reports of civilian casualties and damage to airports and infrastructure that Ukraine says were timed to disrupt the diplomatic visit.
- The White House says the envoys carried a proposal and that a broader U.S. 'peace package' and next steps will be detailed in the coming weeks while Ukraine stresses firm security guarantees and winter air‑defense needs.