[UPDATE] Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine means war with Russia.
Moscow rejected European peace plans as strikes hit Ukrainian cities and power plants.
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.
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- 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.