Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin orders 72-hour pause in Kyiv strikes, Moscow claims – as Trump’s envoys fly in - Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are set to visit Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend

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Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv starting at midnight on Sept. 6. The temporary pause coincides with a visit from U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

A WEARY world may not want to hear it, but the war in Ukraine is intensifying, not ending. As it deepens, the conflict is also expanding. Increasingly, serious-minded governments across northern Europe are planning to defend themselves against Russia for decades to come.

Both Russia and Ukraine vow not to strike each other’s capitals for three days during talks in Moscow and Kyiv.

US President Donald Trump has said he is sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a plan to end more than four years of war in Ukraine.

"The United States is increasingly overstretched between these two conflicts," a former U.S. intelligence official told Newsweek.