Russia suggests aid convoy to another Ukrainian city

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a five-day ceasefire in a contested eastern Ukrainian city as he met US envoys in Moscow for talks.

The Kremlin says talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and two US envoys have been useful and that the United States has supported a proposal for a joint humanitarian mission to a city in eastern Ukraine.

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin would continue discussions on Ukraine with US President Donald Trump at an APEC summit in China later this month and that direct peace talks with Ukraine, which resumed this week after a pause of nine months, will continue.

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Putin in a meeting that lasted about two hours.

They then headed for Dublin for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as the conflict stretches toward the five-year mark.

Putin proposed a five-day ceasefire in the contested eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka as he received Witkoff and Kushner.

Putin said the pause would allow Russian forces to clear mines so that hundreds of civilians could be brought to safety in a joint humanitarian operation with Ukraine.

Speaking at the start of the Kremlin meeting, Putin said Ukraine considered Kostiantynivka, near Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region, to be under its control.

He proposed inviting international journalists, including from the US, to observe the process, as happened during a similar operation from the front-line city of Oleshky in the Kherson region in late October.

That mission was jointly led by the Ukrainian and Russian human rights commissioners following mediation by US first lady Melania Trump.

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