Overview
- U.S. special envoy Witkof and Jared Kushner traveled to Moscow and Kyiv this week to present a new peace proposal whose text has not been made public.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he discussed measures with Witkof to restrain attacks on energy, power and export infrastructure during the coming winter.
- Russian officials reported that President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Tuesday and spoke positively about the envoys’ visits.
- A temporary mutual pause on strikes tied to the visits has ended and Russian strikes on Kyiv resumed early on Tuesday, with local authorities reporting civilian casualties.
- Officials say the plan or its details may be published in the coming weeks, a step that could affect humanitarian risks this winter and the trajectory of U.S.-Russia relations.