UKRAINIAN drones have pummelled oil facilities across Vladimir Putin’s beloved resort city, bringing his war directly to his doorstep. Flames raged at Rosneft’s Adler, while the nearby

The return of Washington’s negotiators raises hope of progress towards a settlement to end Moscow’s war on Ukraine.

MOSCOW/KYIV, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Russian state news agency TASS said the two U.S. envoys seeking to end the war between Russia and Ukraine would visit both countries on Saturday and Sunday, but the Kremlin declined to comment.

"We may be headed toward a more dangerous version of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis," one Russian expert told Newsweek.

Negotiators to visit Kyiv and Moscow as US president Donald Trump says he wants to see an end to the war.

Each side is using missiles and drones to try to pound the other into giving up, breeding ceaseless human suffering. But there is no sign that either country’s determination will weaken.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to travel to Moscow and Kyiv this weekend, but major differences remain over territory, Nato and the terms of a possible Russia-Ukraine peace deal.

Russian attacks overnight killed at least three people in Ukraine, local officials said Friday, after President Volodymyr Zelensky said US envoys are expected to visit Kyiv within the coming days as part of renewed diplomatic efforts to end the war.