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Capital-strike pause frames Ukraine proposal
Moscow and Kyiv paused capital strikes for three days as U.S. talks opened
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U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner carried a Ukraine war proposal through Moscow talks as Russia and Ukraine paused strikes on each other’s capitals for three days, with Kyiv talks next.
- Frame 1Moscow and Kyiv paused capital strikes for three days as U.S. talks opened.
- Frame 2Witkoff and Kushner met Putin in the Kremlin with Trump’s proposal.
- Frame 3The pause targets capitals only; reports describe no wider battlefield deal.
- Frame 4Previous U.S.-led efforts have not produced a lasting peace agreement.
- Frame 5The envoys travel to Kyiv next, where Ukraine weighs the proposal.
- Frame 6Sunday’s Kyiv meetings decide whether the pause becomes more than three days.
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- Sep 5, 9:36 PM EDT
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