What Kyiv and Moscow's diplomacy looked like on 14 April 2025
A look back at the diplomatic and military signals in the days before 14 April 2025, as reported at the time.
What was the state of play around the Russo-Ukrainian war on 14 April 2025? The reports from the preceding days pointed to diplomacy and military activity unfolding side by side.
On 11 April 2025, the U.S. president's special envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian president Vladimir Putin. As reported at the time, the talks covered options for settling the Russo-Ukrainian war and a potential meeting between Donald Trump and Putin.
A few days earlier, on 8 April 2025, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the presence of Ukrainian troops in Russia's Belgorod Oblast. The confirmation was part of coverage of what was described as the 2025 Belgorod Oblast incursion.
Taken together, the reports from 8 and 11 April 2025 set out the backdrop to 14 April 2025: Washington's envoy in direct contact with the Russian leader, and Kyiv publicly acknowledging a Ukrainian military presence on Russian territory.
