Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy calls air truce as Kushner and Witkoff head for Kyiv via Moscow
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a temporary air truce as US peace negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff prepare to visit Kyiv via Moscow. The diplomatic effort coincides with ongoing Russian drone strikes and military activity in the region.
Why it matters
The involvement of high-level US envoys suggests a potential shift in diplomatic efforts to address the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Smoke rises at the site of a Russian attack near the bell tower of Saint Sophia Cathedral, as seen from Kyiv’s Mykhailivska Square, which hosts an exhibition of Russian military equipment destroyed by the Ukrainian armed forces. The Russian army carried out a drone strike on the centre of Kyiv in the middle of the day on Friday. Smoke rises at the site of a Russian attack near the bell tower of Saint Sophia Cathedral, as seen from Kyiv’s Mykhailivska Square, which hosts an exhibition of Russian military equipment destroyed by the Ukrainian armed forces. The Russian army carried out a drone strike on the centre of Kyiv in the middle of the day on Friday.
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