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This story has run 15 times over 26 days, starting Aug 26.

  1. CIA chief Ratcliffe makes rare Moscow visit
  2. CIA chief reportedly warned Moscow against a limited Russian attack on NATO
  3. CIA chief secretly met Russian intelligence officials in Moscow
  4. UpdateCIA chief told Moscow to end the Ukraine war before Russia’s military and economy worsen
  5. Russian drone hits ammunition depot near Kyiv, killing 38; four remain missing
  6. Russia's finance minister returned to the G20 in person for the first time since the Ukraine invasion
  7. Witkoff and Kushner meet Putin in Moscow Sept. 5, Zelensky in Kyiv Sept. 6, carrying a U.S. proposal to end the war
  8. UpdatePutin orders 72-hour halt to strikes on Kyiv while Witkoff and Kushner visit, after a three-hour Kremlin meeting
  9. UpdateWitkoff and Kushner hold first Kyiv talks of the war, agreeing on next steps but no terms; announcement promised in weeks
  10. UpdateWitkoff says Moscow-Kyiv trip produced 'substantive progress' on scheduling more talks, with no date set and no terms disclosed
  11. UpdateRussia resumed strikes on Kyiv after the truce, killing 7; Trump and Putin then talked for an hour
  12. UpdateTrump says Russia's president wants a Ukraine peace deal after their phone call
  13. UpdateVladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine means war with Russia.
  14. Trump announced a Russia-Ukraine energy truce Kyiv calls conditional
  15. Trump and Zelensky agree to New York talks, expected Sept. 22 — this issue
AXIOS

Trump and Zelensky agree to New York talks, expected Sept. 22

Russia-Ukraine war
Political Guyentist · September 21, 20261 min read

AXIOS

Trump repeatedly asked Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries, citing higher diesel prices, a person familiar with their call told Axios.

The talks. U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed during their Sunday, Sept. 20 call to meet at the United Nations’ annual gathering of world leaders. Ukraine said it was prepared to take serious steps to reduce the fighting. The White House sought steps from both Russia and Ukraine to restart negotiations, Axios reported.

The attacks. Ukraine said it launched more than 1,000 drones overnight into Sept. 20. Two people were reported killed and 20 wounded in the wider Moscow region during the attacks, according to PBS NewsHour/AP.

Catch upwhat happened before · 14 earlier issues
  • Sept. 5–6 — U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and Kyiv with a peace proposal; temporary pauses in fighting protected the visits.
  • Sept. 9 — Russia resumed strikes on Kyiv, killing seven people that day, after the envoys left without an agreement.
  • Sept. 15 — Trump announced an energy truce (a halt to attacks on energy sites); Ukraine said its halt depended on Russia stopping attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.
  • Sept. 17–19 — Congress sent Trump legislation authorizing tariffs (taxes on imports) on buyers of Russian oil. He signed it, also requiring sanctions (government penalties) on Russian officials.
13 earlier issues