Russia won't invade Ukraine for next 3 days: Putin orders Trump's son-in-law to arrive in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a halt to the attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv for 72 hours. The Kremlin informed about this on Saturday. Putin's order comes at a time when US envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow to end the Russia-Ukraine war. The two will try to resume stalled peace talks. Ukraine has already informed about the visit of the two. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that his forces would stop airstrikes during the visit of American envoys to Ukraine. He asked Russia to do the same. The Iran war has diverted America's attention from Ukraine The United States has been trying to end the Russia-Ukraine war for a long time. However, the pace of these efforts has slowed down a bit in the last six months. One of the reasons for this is said to be the more focused America on the Iran war. Witkoff and Kushner had earlier arrived in Moscow in January. At that time, both of them met with Putin in the Kremlin. Now, once again, when the two arrived in Moscow, they were received by Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev. After the CIA chief's visit to Moscow, now Witkoff-Kushner arrives. Witkoff and Kushner's visit to Moscow comes at a time when CIA Chief John Ratcliffe visited Russia on August 25. Both the United States and Russia have not officially said anything about what was discussed during the meeting. Trump called the meeting a "normal meeting" last week. Russia recently stepped up attacks on Kyiv Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have not yet reached any conclusion. Meanwhile, Russian airstrikes on many cities in Ukraine, including Kyiv, have intensified. Ukraine is also continuously carrying out drone attacks inside Russia. On Friday, a Russian drone targeted the headquarters of Ukraine's security agency, SBU, in Kyiv. The SBU also plays a role in many long-range attacks on Ukraine carried out inside Russia. On the other hand, Ukraine is also targeting oil refineries and e-commerce centers in addition to Russian military bases. Ukraine says these attacks are aimed at harming Russia's combat capability and its economy. On Saturday, Zelenskyy said that Russia also attacked Kyiv and Borispil airports at night. He said that these attacks took place at a time when preparations were underway for the American delegation to arrive in Ukraine. Zelenskyy said that Ukraine takes these Russian attacks seriously. He also said that Russia's airspace has now become dangerous due to drones and missiles. However, there is no threat from Ukraine to the peace efforts of the US envoys. How effective will the order to stop the attack for 3 days be? Putin's order to halt the attack on Kyiv for 72 hours can certainly give some time for talks during the US envoys' visit to Moscow and then to Kyiv. However, this cannot be considered a complete ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. This order is limited only to stopping the Russian attack on Kyiv. The fighting between the two countries may continue in other areas. Now the big question is whether there will be any consensus to continue the peace talks in these 72 hours, or that Russia will start attacking again as soon as the time is up. So now all eyes are on the Moscow-Kyiv visit of Witkoff and Kushner. If both sides agree on an important point, this 72-hour pause could open the way for further talks. But for now, it is too early to consider it the beginning of the end of the war.