Russia launched overnight missile strikes against Kyiv, ending a pause in aerial attacks on Ukraine's capital. The assault followed a visit to Ukraine by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner that failed to deliver a diplomatic breakthrough.
The Witkoff-Kushner trip placed US diplomatic weight directly in theater at a moment when the raids had paused. No agreement emerged. Russia's return to striking Kyiv came in the aftermath.
The sequence is unambiguous: a pause in raids, a US diplomatic mission, no breakthrough, then missiles overnight. Witkoff and Kushner made the trip. The window, if there was one, did not hold. Kyiv took incoming fire.