Overview
- President Trump sent special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to Moscow and Kyiv, where they held substantive meetings with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy and carried updated peace ideas.
- Russian and U.S. officials said Trump and Putin spoke for about an hour on Tuesday to review the envoys’ visits and agreed to stay in touch and continue discussions.
- Zelenskyy praised the envoys’ proposals as “decent” and agreed to study them, and Ukraine’s foreign ministry confirmed a preliminary in‑person Zelenskyy–Trump meeting is planned for later this month.
- Fighting resumed after a short pause for diplomacy, with large drone and missile strikes reported in Ukraine that underscore urgent needs for air defence and winter energy protection.
- Despite positive readouts, Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart on core issues such as control of Donetsk and NATO-related security guarantees, so officials say further trilateral and follow‑up talks are required.