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Updated · NBC News · Sep 6

Trump Envoys Hold 3-Hour Ukraine Peace Talks as Kyiv and Moscow Pause Capital Strikes

Updated

Updated · NBC News · Sep 6

Trump Envoys Hold 3-Hour Ukraine Peace Talks as Kyiv and Moscow Pause Capital Strikes

Q: Behind the temporary ceasefire, what hidden agreements did the envoys secure in Moscow that remain undisclosed to the public?

No undisclosed agreement has been confirmed. Public reporting shows only a narrow, temporary understanding to suspend strikes on Kyiv and Moscow during the envoys’ travel, not a broader ceasefire or a revealed secret deal. What is known from the Moscow meeting is that the talks were described by Russian and U.S.-linked officials as substantive and focused on “next steps.” Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the Americans presented ideas on possible settlement paths and that Putin shared his own assessments for the envoys to carry to Kyiv. He also said economic issues and potential U.S.-Russia projects were discussed “in considerable detail,” suggesting the conversation went beyond battlefield issues. That said, neither side disclosed the content of any such proposals. Reporting indicates the unresolved subjects likely include territory-related concessions, security guarantees for Ukraine, and how to address what Moscow calls the “root causes” of the conflict. Putin did not publicly retreat from his established demands, and there was no announcement of a framework agreement, timeline, or enforceable ceasefire. The safest reading is that the envoys appear to have secured enough cooperation from Moscow to keep shuttle diplomacy alive: a limited security pause for travel, Russian willingness to hear out a U.S. peace proposal, and an agreement to continue discussing possible next steps. Anything beyond that remains speculative until the promised announcements are made.

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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday after seeing Vladimir Putin a day earlier, calling the latest round of peace talks “substantive” and “very meaningful.”
A White House official said the effort centered on substantive plans for next steps, with announcements due in coming weeks, while neither side disclosed any concrete proposal to end the war.
Both Russia and Ukraine suspended aerial attacks on each other’s capitals to allow the weekend visits, creating a brief respite even though no broader ceasefire is in place.
The Moscow meeting lasted more than 3 hours and was described by Putin aide Yury Ushakov as frank and trusting, but Putin publicly showed no shift from demands that require major Ukrainian concessions.
The renewed diplomacy comes after months of stalled peace efforts and as Kyiv heads into winter with a critical shortage of U.S.-made interceptor missiles against Russian strikes on energy infrastructure.