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They Went to Ukraine on the ‘Peace Express.’ Detours Are Likely Ahead.

The Trump administration had let the peace process enter such a freeze that a trip to Kyiv was just an initial step. Any new talks will happen alongside escalating fighting.

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The U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff, center, and Jared Kushner, right, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Mr. Kushner said “new ideas” were presented to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in a series of discussions on Sunday.
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U.S. Envoys Witkoff and Kushner Arrive in Kyiv After Talks With Putin

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met on Sunday with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, a day after talks with Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, left, with the U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Sunday in Kyiv.
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Here Is Where Ukraine Peace Talks Stand, as a New Round Approaches

A deadly campaign of Russian and Ukrainian airstrikes has escalated since the last U.S.-brokered negotiations stalled in February.

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A Russian drone on the road in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, after being shot down in January by a Ukrainian police officer with a rifle.
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The New Jet-Powered Drones That Are Breeding Anxiety in Ukraine

These Russian drones are more destructive, faster and harder to shoot down than the propeller-driven models that Moscow has used throughout the war.

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Police officers inspecting parts of a Russian drone at the site of an apartment building damaged by a strike in Kyiv this week.
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What Happened to the Coveted Western Tanks Sent to Ukraine?

Ukraine pleaded for the expensive weapons, and ultimately got them, but drones have rendered them almost unusable.

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Soldiers replacing the engine of a Leopard tank at a repair and storage facility in the Kharkiv region last month.
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At 77, She Walked 9 Miles Under Drone-Filled Skies to Escape From ‘Hell’

Rescue teams no longer enter the city of Lyman, in eastern Ukraine, because it is deemed too dangerous. The only way out is a terrifying journey on foot.

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Nina Ivanova at an evacuation center in Sloviansk, Ukraine. She and her daughters took their chances on the road, as countless Ukrainians have done before them all along the front line.
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