Russia–Ukraine War Diplomacy

U.S.-brokered talks in Geneva — the third round involving envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff and attended by Ukrainian and Russian delegations and military chiefs under a U.S. June timeline — focused on ceasefire monitoring, a possible demilitarized zone and security guarantees, but stalled over Russia’s demand for control of parts of Donbas and Ukraine’s insistence it will not cede territory without a referendum. Moscow says there are "no deadlines" for a peace deal, even as Russia launched mass strikes — involving hundreds of drones and scores of missiles — across multiple Ukrainian regions that damaged infrastructure, injured civilians and prompted Kyiv to report numerous interceptions.