From NY Post: Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is reportedly mulling an air truce with Ukraine to halt its record-breaking drone and missile bombardments, a major potential concession to President Trump ahead of his Friday deadline to make peace.
The Kremlin has repeatedly rejected attempts at a full-fledged cease-fire with Ukraine, but is open to an air truce if Kyiv agrees to it as well, Bloomberg reported, citing a source familiar with the potential agreement.
The possible truce was floated as Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Putin in Moscow Wednesday for high-stakes talks aimed at ending the bloodshed.
It is not clear how serious the Russians are about a potential air truce and Putin has not publicly entertained the possibility — though his lone major ally in Europe, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, also recently dangled the idea, according to Russian state-owned outlet TASS.
The three-hour long meeting between Witkoff and Putin is their first in-person sitdown since April.
According to Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s foreign policy aide, the meeting was “useful and constructive.”
No additional details on the meeting were provided by either side.
Users on social media are calling the eeting a waste of time, noting that diplomacy with Russia has not produced results.
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