Source: International Business Times
Russian President Vladimir Putin glances back toward the US President as they arrive for a joint press conference after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. Drew ANGERER / AFP via Getty Images The Kremlin said on Saturday President Vladimir Putin has ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv, coinciding with the arrival of US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow in a bid to find a closure to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. "Putin has ordered that no strikes be carried out against Kyiv for three days, starting at midnight today," presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russia's Tass news agency.
