United States peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on September 6, 2026, following a three-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The diplomatic shuttle represents a renewed push by the Trump administration to end the four-and-a-half-year war. While a temporary 72-hour pause on capital strikes was declared, deep-seated disagreements over the Donbas region and security guarantees persist, even as Ukraine struck a major Russian oil refinery in Ryazan.
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