Putin rejected the European proposals on Saturday, Sept. 12, calling any foreign deployment a direct act of war. Russian strikes hit power grids and killed six to eight people across Ukraine the same day — CBS News reported eight dead, Reuters six, with dozens wounded.
Catch up
- Aug. 26 — CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow to warn Russian officials against escalation and urge an end to the war.
- Aug. 30 — A Russian drone strike on an ammunition depot near Kyiv killed 38 people.
- Sept. 5 — U.S. envoys Witkoff and Kushner shuttled between Moscow and Kyiv during a three-day capital truce without reaching terms.
- Sept. 9 — Russia resumed strikes on Kyiv, killing seven; a 60-minute call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that day yielded no breakthrough.
11 earlier issues
- CIA chief Ratcliffe makes rare Moscow visit
- CIA chief reportedly warned Moscow against a limited Russian attack on NATO
- CIA chief secretly met Russian intelligence officials in Moscow
- UpdateCIA chief told Moscow to end the Ukraine war before Russia’s military and economy worsen
- Russian drone hits ammunition depot near Kyiv, killing 38; four remain missing
- Russia's finance minister returned to the G20 in person for the first time since the Ukraine invasion
- Witkoff and Kushner meet Putin in Moscow Sept. 5, Zelensky in Kyiv Sept. 6, carrying a U.S. proposal to end the war
- UpdatePutin orders 72-hour halt to strikes on Kyiv while Witkoff and Kushner visit, after a three-hour Kremlin meeting
- UpdateWitkoff and Kushner hold first Kyiv talks of the war, agreeing on next steps but no terms; announcement promised in weeks
- UpdateWitkoff says Moscow-Kyiv trip produced 'substantive progress' on scheduling more talks, with no date set and no terms disclosed
- UpdateRussia resumed strikes on Kyiv after the truce, killing 7; Trump and Putin then talked for an hour