Gene Lang
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US envoys meet Putin in Moscow before talks with Zelensky in Kyiv
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on September 5 after a 3.5-hour working lunch with Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev. The meeting produced no publicly announced breakthrough, but the Kremlin described a temporary halt to strikes on Kyiv while Ukraine said it was prepared to reciprocate regarding Moscow. The envoys were expected in Kyiv on September 6.