In the grand halls of the Kremlin, American envoys sat across from Vladimir Putin on Saturday to explore whether the world's most destructive European war since 1945 might find a path toward stillness. The Trump administration, presenting what it called substantive settlement ideas, has staked a diplomatic claim on a conflict that has consumed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions — though Russia's stated confidence in its military objectives and Ukraine's firm rejection of territorial concessions reveal how vast the distance between peace and the present moment truly remains.
Trump envoys meet Putin on Ukraine peace plan as talks shift to Kyiv
Recent Russian strikes killed at least seven people in Ukraine on Saturday, including civilians in Kyiv suburbs and factory workers in the Dnipro region.