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Putin meets with US envoys at the Kremlin for renewed talks on ending the war in Ukraine

(AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday for renewed talks on ending R

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a three-hour meeting with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday, discussing ways to end Russia's war in Ukraine. The closed-door session ended without any reported breakthroughs, though Putin's foreign policy adviser described the talks as constructive, frank, and useful to journalists.

Witkoff and Kushner are set to visit Kyiv on Sunday. The talks follow a pause in strikes on each other's capitals, agreed upon by Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Peace efforts have been hampered as both sides continue to escalate aerial attacks, with Russia intensifying its assaults on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

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