Zelenskyy names three postwar security guarantees for Ukraine. Even Russia needs one of them, he says
He names NATO membership, direct US guarantees, and a European Coalition of the Willing as the paths under discussion.
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Russian missiles and drones kill one and injure 24 in Kyiv, splitting its metro line in two
Hours after a Kremlin aide said Russia was ready in principle for new talks, prosecutors say Russia destroyed 13 homes in one Kyiv district.
Trump defends Russia sanctions waiver, says he does not want to drive Moscow from talks
He blamed Zelenskyy’s refinery strikes for diesel prices, while Rubio said Trump would take up to 60 days to assess the measures.
22 House lawmakers press Trump to implement Russia sanctions law. Diesel deal draws bipartisan backlash
The lawmakers argue that using the law’s sanctions and tariff powers would force Russian President Vladimir Putin to take peace talks seriously.
“Now it’s your turn”: US envoys planned to show Moscow a refinery pause and a diesel deal, then ask for something back, a source tells Reuters
Ukraine’s part of that exchange was to stop striking Russia’s oil plants, a request Kushner repeated at the Miami meeting.
Ukrainian commander, whose unit destroyed 57,000 Russia’s targets: US telling allies to brace for years of war at Ramstein means no “miraculous de-escalation” is coming
The Kremlin understands only force and the West should press harder before winter, he adds.
Ukrainian journalist asks Trump’s envoy to his face whether he was disgusted to sit across from “international criminal” Putin. Witkoff wouldn’t answer directly
Earlier, Russia's FSB put a $400,000 bounty on Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon.
Ukraine put its own peace proposals on the table as two US envoys reached Kyiv for the first time
Security guarantees topped the Ukrainian list, and the day's diplomacy ran in consecutive sessions that widened to include three European governments' security chiefs.
Ukraine logged impacts at 11 sites while the American peace delegation was still in Moscow
The strike package mixed jet-powered attack drones, decoys, and cruise missiles across several oblasts.
Ukraine orders temporary ceasefire as US envoys visit Moscow. Air raid alert sounds in Kyiv immediately as pause begins
The reported order covers 5–8 September as Washington seeks to restart peace talks after months of stalled negotiations, but Russian attacks continued as the pause was due to begin.
Witkoff and Kushner to visit Kyiv and Moscow to revive peace talks as Russia ramps up attacks across Ukraine
The US envoys will meet Russian and Ukrainian leaders as Washington attempts to put peace talks back on track.
Erdoğan tells Merz Turkey is working to restart Russia-Ukraine peace talks ahead of Ankara NATO summit
Turkey is pushing to revive diplomacy ahead of the NATO summit it will host in Ankara next month.
Kremlin terms unchanged: Moscow repeats Putin’s 2024 demand for four Ukraine’s oblasts as peace push stalls
That is a demand for capitulation, not for peace.
Nicolas Tenzer: stop talking about peace, the question is victory
French geopolitical expert on his book Our War, Putin's nihilist regime, and the strategic autonomy Europe must build with or without Washington
What it means when Russia starts picking the EU’s negotiator—and what Brussels said back
Russia just tried to pick its opponent’s negotiator. Brussels said no. Berlin had already said no.
Ukraine FM: Ukraine asked Türkiye to host Zelenskyy-Putin talks — but “Putin is hiding”
Foreign Minister Sybiha said Ukraine has conveyed the proposal to Turkish partners, with Erdoğan and Trump possibly at the table.
Oil jumped 8% as Trump’s Hormuz blockade undid the ceasefire crash
Talks collapsed in Pakistan. A naval blockade replaced a truce. For Russia’s war revenues, the brief window of relief is over.
Withdrawing from Donbas would give Russia a free path to Kharkiv and Dnipro, Zelenskyy warns
New fortifications would take up to 18 months to build – and still couldn't match the protection of urban terrain Ukraine currently holds.
Kyiv proposes energy ceasefire to Moscow, as Ukrainian long-range strikes already disrupted over 40% of Russia’s seaborne oil exports
Russia can't protect its oil terminals. Ukraine destroyed $1 billion worth in five strikes. It just offered to stop — on one condition.
Russia talks compromise, demands capitulation — and is lying to Trump while preparing more occupation, Zelenskyy says
Moscow's logic is internally consistent but strategically unacceptable: Ukrainian withdrawal would stop Russian casualties while giving Russia the foothold it needs for further occupation.