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US seeks to revive Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks as seven killed in Kyiv

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 1001 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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US seeks to revive Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks as seven killed in Kyiv Deadly attacks continue on the ground as Kyiv and Moscow both confirm plans to relaunch trilateral talks.

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What happened

US seeks to revive Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks as seven killed in Kyiv Deadly attacks continue on the ground as Kyiv and Moscow both confirm plans to relaunch trilateral talks.

Why it matters

The United States is working to arrange a new round of talks in a bid to end the four-and-a-half-year Russia-Ukraine war, while deadly attacks continue on the ground.

Common ground

Kyiv and Moscow both confirmed on Friday the plan to relaunch trilateral talks.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “Aleksandr Gusev, governor of the Russian border region of Voronezh, said 13 people were injured in the regional capital”
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Claim 2: “Kaja Kallas, EU foreign policy chief, said the money will come from the European Peace Facility and will go towards joint procurement of equipment.”
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Claim 3: “one person was killed and one wounded in a drone attack on a market near the Russian-controlled town of Horlivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region”
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Claim 4: “Russia said its air defence units destroyed about 50 drones over the Rostov region overnight”
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Claim 5: “Zelenskyy also said he urged US President Donald Trump to press China’s Xi Jinping to use his influence in Moscow to help diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine.”
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Multiple web search results from September 23-24, 2026, confirm that President Zelenskyy urged President Trump to use Chinese leader Xi Jinping's influence to help end the war.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 28, 2025, U.S. president Donald Trump and U.S. vice president JD Vance held a highly contentious bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy inside the Oval Office at th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Trump–Zelenskyy_Oval_Offi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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Claim 6: “Russia’s presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev reportedly met with Witkoff and Kushner in the US on September 24.”
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Three independent web search results (including CNN and RBC-Ukraine) confirm that Kirill Dmitriev met with Witkoff and Kushner in New York on September 24, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States–Ukraine–Russia meetings in Abu Dhabi were a series of trilateral talks held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, between delegations from the United States, Ukraine, and Russia i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States–Ukraine–Rus…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kirill Alexandrovich Dmitriev (born 12 April 1975) is a Russian businessman who is the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), an at least $10 billion sovereign wealth fund created by the Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirill_Dmitriev
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven Charles Witkoff (born March 15, 1957) is an American real estate investor and former attorney who is the founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States specia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff
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Claim 7: “Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least seven people, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in Russian strikes on the capital on Friday.”
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While Wikipedia confirms Vitali Klitschko is the mayor and that Kyiv is frequently targeted, the provided evidence does not contain the specific casualty count (7 killed, including a 14-year-old) for the strikes on Friday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine with around 2,950,000 residents, has been frequently targeted by the Russian Armed Forces during the Russo-Ukrainian war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv_strikes_(2022–present)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military crossed the Russia–Ukraine and Belarus–Ukraine borders into northern Ukraine, entering the oblasts (regions) …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_front_of_the_Russian_…
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Claim 8: “Zelenskyy said that Trump told him Ukraine will be granted permission to produce advanced Patriot air defence missiles.”
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Claim 9: “Zelenskyy asserted that refineries in Bashkortostan and the Samara region had also been hit in the past 24 hours.”
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Claim 10: “Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, visited Russia and Ukraine earlier this month”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited both Moscow and Kyiv earlier in the month to restart negotiations.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman, investor, government official and politician. Through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, he is the son-in-law of the 45th and 47th pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven Charles Witkoff (born March 15, 1957) is an American real estate investor and former attorney who is the founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States specia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of October 2026, the United States and Russia are engaged in negotiations for a sale of Russian energy assets, including foreign assets of Russian energy company Lukoil, to an investment group, as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States–Russia_oil_deal
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Claim 11: “Dmitry Makhonin, governor of Russia’s Perm region... said air defences in the region shot down 39 drones during overnight strikes, which he said killed one person”
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Claim 12: “a drone attack damaged the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery, forcing it to suspend operations.”
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Claim 13: “Kyiv and Moscow both confirmed on Friday the plan to relaunch trilateral talks.”
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Multiple independent web search results explicitly state that both Kyiv and Moscow confirmed plans to relaunch trilateral talks on Friday, September 25, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 25, 2026 · US seeks to revive Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks as seven killed in Kyiv Deadly attacks continue on the ground as Kyiv and Moscow both confirm plans to relaunch trilateral talks.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/25/us-seeking-to-reviv…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 25, 2026 · NEW YORK — The Trump administration is stepping up efforts to de-escalate the war in Ukraine and restart diplomacy with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday.
https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/664859/world/us-seeks-to…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 4, 2026 · Ukraine is ready to hold trilateral talks with the United States and Russia this month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. The Ukrainian president made the comments on Sunday during…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/4/ukraine-ready-for-u…
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Claim 14: “Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 267 out of 295 drones launched by Russia overnight.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly report the Ukrainian air force's figure of shooting down 267 out of 295 Russian drones overnight on September 24-25, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the list of the metropolitanates and eparchies (dioceses) of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, UkSSR and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; Ukrainian: Віталій Володимирович Кличко [wiˈtɑl⁽ʲ⁾ij woloˈdɪmɪrowɪtʃ klɪtʃˈkɔ]; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Klitschko
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Claim 15: “the Kremlin confirmed that a trilateral meeting could take place soon”
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Multiple sources cite Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirming that a trilateral meeting could take place soon.
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web search NEUTRAL — The spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov, reported this Friday (25) that a trilateral meeting between Russia, the United States and Ukraine could take place soon.According to him, th…
https://easy-to-read.eu/kremlin-confirms-that-russia-us-and-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Kremlin has confirmed that a trilateral meeting involving Russia, Ukraine, and the United States could take place soon. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there are no further details about the …
https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/world/us-suggests-uae-for-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed contacts are underway and said a trilateral meeting could take place soon. Zelensky met Trump on September 22 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in N…
https://en.h.ua/2026/09/25/ukraine-ready-for-us-mediated-tri…
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Claim 16: “Another 46 were injured in the attacks, including 15 people receiving treatment in hospitals in Kyiv.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the number of injured persons (46) or those hospitalized (15).
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Claim 17: “The United Arab Emirates has been proposed as the host of the new talks.”
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Web search results specifically mention the UAE as the proposed location for the trilateral talks involving Russia, Ukraine, and the US.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates, also known simply as the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, situated at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal semi-constitutional monarchy made up of se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia and the United States are discussing the sale of LUKOIL's foreign assets to American and Middle Eastern businessmen during negotiations on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.
https://news-pravda.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — We hope that the US administration will act with common sense and not allow this to happen," Fidan said. Fidan called for the resumption of nuclear talks between the US and Iran to resolve escalating …
https://unn.ua/en/news/iran-is-ready-to-return-to-negotiatio…
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Claim 18: “The United States is working to arrange a new round of talks in a bid to end the four-and-a-half-year Russia-Ukraine war”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the Trump administration is attempting to revive peace talks and that envoys have visited Moscow and Kyiv to end the war.
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First. A new sanctions bill is meant to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine. But President Tru…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/trump-putin-russia-san…
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web search NEUTRAL — US envoys were joined for final hour of talks in Kyiv by advisers from Germany, France and Britain.Donald Trump ’s peace envoys were in Moscow and Kyiv at the weekend in an attempt to revive talks abo…
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/09/07/there-was-one-im…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine can’t win. Russia is more likely than not to prevail on the battlefield, as it seems now to be doing. Yet even if Ukraine were to break through with conventional forces and NATO weaponry, Russ…
https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/history-of-war-…
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Claim 19: “Ukraine recently struck two other major Russian oil refineries in Moscow and Yaroslavl.”
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Claim 20: “European Union member countries agreed on Friday to release $7.5bn in EU funds linked to military aid for Ukraine.”
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Claim 21: “In the southern Odesa region, Governor Oleh Kiper said one person was killed and another injured in a series of “massive” Russian strikes on a residential area and logistics premises of a postal operator.”
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Claim 22: “steelmaker ArcelorMittal said it was shutting down production at Ukraine’s largest steel plant after four strikes in five weeks caused extensive damage and killed five workers”
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