The Financial Times, citing people familiar with the matter, reported last week that Trump administration officials asked Kyiv to refrain from using long-range missiles and drones to strike Moscow, St. Petersburg and Russia’s northern regions on Monday–Wednesday while a US plane carrying senior officials visited; Kyiv agreed. A US Air Force C-17 transport landed in Moscow today. Russian authorities said the circumstances of the aircraft’s arrival were unclear and the Kremlin said no meetings wit

The Financial Times, citing people familiar with the matter, reported last week that Trump administration officials asked Kyiv to refrain from using long-range missiles and drones to strike Moscow, St. Petersburg and Russia’s northern regions on Monday–Wednesday while a US plane carrying senior officials visited; Kyiv agreed. A US Air Force C-17 transport landed in Moscow today. Russian authorities said the circumstances of the aircraft’s arrival were unclear and the Kremlin said no meetings with US government representatives are scheduled this week.