# Ukrainian military reportedly ordered to hold fire during Witkoff and Kushner’s Moscow visit

https://mins.news/en/item/46060

- Meduza, 2026-09-04 21:53 UTC
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- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/05/ukrainian-military-reportedly-ordered-to-hold-fire-from-september-5-to-8-as-witkoff-and-kushner-visit-moscow

> Ukrainska Pravda, citing sources in several frontline brigades and Ukraine’s security establishment, reports that Ukrainian forces were ordered to hold fire from midnight on September 5 through September 8. Kyiv has not officially confirmed the order. Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would keep Russian airspace functioning during Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s Moscow visit and urged Russia to stop airstrikes during the talks.

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