Putin orders 3-day halt to strikes on Kyiv for Trump envoys' visit

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President Vladimir Putin has ordered a three-day halt to Russian strikes on Kyiv for a visit by US President Donald Trump's envoys, the Kremlin said Saturday. The order takes effect from midnight tonight. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the directive as envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner prepared to travel from Moscow to Kyiv. The pair landed in Moscow on Saturday to discuss a plan to end the conflict, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Russia of disrupting their visit with overnight strikes. The visit marks the first time Witkoff and Kushner have traveled to Kyiv since Trump returned to office, part of Washington's latest bid to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II.


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