US envoys in Kyiv after Putin talks; military strikes Iranian tankers in retaliation

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday for high-level talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, following a three-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday. This diplomatic push aims to revive peace negotiations for the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, now in its fifth year. Both Moscow and Kyiv reportedly agreed to a three-day ceasefire to coincide with the envoys' visit, as the Trump administration seeks to present a proposal to end the conflict.

Concurrently, the United States military launched retaliatory strikes against three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday. These actions followed alleged ballistic missile attacks by Iranian forces on two US Navy warships, an aircraft carrier and a destroyer, which successfully evaded the projectiles. Two of the Iranian tankers were reportedly disabled, and a third was destroyed in operations that US Central Command stated were intended to impose economic costs on Iran for targeting American vessels. Iran, in turn, claimed it targeted both oil tankers and American vessels in response, though this has not been confirmed by the US.