U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE STEVE WITKOFF SAYS IN UKRAINE THAT 'WE CAME TO SEE PUTIN FIRST; WE NEEDED TO HEAR WHERE HE STOOD', ADDING THAT 'WE HAD GOOD CONCRETE CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, WHICH WE ADVISED ZELENSKY ABOUT'.

U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE STEVE WITKOFF SAYS 'RELATIONSHIPS ARE CRITICAL IN TERMS OF SOLVING CONFLICTS LIKE THIS', ADDING THAT 'IF YOU DON'T HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOTH SIDES, THEN YOU PROBABLY HAVE VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF GETTING TO A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION'.

U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE STEVE WITKOFF SAYS IN UKRAINE THAT HE HAS MADE ABOUT EIGHT VISITS TO MOSCOW TO MEET WITH PUTIN AND HIS TEAM, AND THAT 'WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TREATED RESPECTFULLY BY PUTIN AND HIS TEAM'.

U.S. Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have departed Moscow after roughly three hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin focused on ending the war in Ukraine. The two are expected in Kyiv on Sunday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as part of the Trump administration’s latest push to revive stalled peace negotiations. Putin has ordered a 72 hour pause in strikes on Kyiv during their visit. Witkoff and Kushner are now aboard U.S. Air Force C-32A SAM934. They will likely travel to Poland before continuing by ground transportation to Kyiv.

U.S. CENTRAL COMMANDER ADM. BRAD COOPER SAYS 'LET THE MESSAGE TO THE IRGC BE CLEAR: IF YOU SHOOT AT TWO OF OUR SHIPS, WE WILL IMPOSE AN EVEN HIGHER ECONOMIC COST — TAKING OUT THREE OF YOURS', ADDING THAT THE U.S. 'WILL NOT HESITATE TO DEFEND AMERICAN FORCES, AND IF NECESSARY, DESTROY IRAN'S LIMITED AND EXPOSED OIL FLEET'.