BREAKING: Putin PAUSES Ukraine strikes after meeting with Kushner, Witkoff

GRIFF: BACK WITH A FOX NEWS. ALERT, LIVE PIPICTURES IN KYIV, UKRAINE, WHERE JARED KUSHNER AND. STEVE WITKOFF HAVE ARRIVED FOR. MEETINGS. THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A. POSSIBLE ATTEMPT TO END THE. CONFLICT IN UKRAINE. WE ARE UNAWARE REALLY OF WHERE. EXACTLY THEY HOPE TO FIND THAT. COMMON GROUND THAT HAS BEEN. ABSENT FOR YEARS, BUT NO DOUBT A. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT AS WE. WAIT TO GET ANY SORT OF READOUT.

FROM MEETINGS THAT THEY POSSIBLY. COULD HAVE. KUSHNER AND WITKOFF ALSO. ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TRIP TO. MOSCOW TO TALK TO BOTH SIDES TO. SEE IF THERE IS ANY WAWAY TO END. THIS CONFLICT. CHARLIE: AND TALK OF A POTENTIAL. CEASEFIRE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. AT LEAST WHILE THEY DO THAT. HUDSON INSTITUTE SENIOR REBECCAH. HEINRICHS JOINING US NOW AS. PUTIN TO ORDERS A PAUSE ON. STRIKES IN KYIV. GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THIS. MORNING. DO YOU HAVE ANY HOPE WHEN YOU. LOOK AT HOW THINGS ARE SORT OF.

PLAGUE OUT RIGHT NOW IN MOSCOW. AND KYIV THAT THERE MAY ACTUALLY. BE SOME KIND OF BREAKTHROUGH? >> SO I ACTUALLY DO THINK THAT. RIGHT NOW IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. FOR U.S. DIPLOMATS TO REENGAGE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE. BATTLEFIELD HAS ACTUALLY CHANGED. IN FAVOR OF UKRAINE. AND SO THERE'S GREAT INCENTIVE. FOR THE RUSSIANS TO FINALLY. AGREE TO A CEASEFIRE, THE. RUSSIAN ECONOMY IS DOING VERY. POORLY. I WAS JUST IN UKRAINE IN MAY, AND IT WAS REALLY COMPELLING TO.

SEE HOW WELL THE UKRAINIANS ARE. DODOING. REMEMBER, LAST POINT HERE, CIA. DIRECTOR RATCLIFFE WAS JUST IN. MOSCOW AND CREDIBLE REPORTING. INDICATES HE WAS DELIVERING A. MESSAGE THAT THE RUSSIANS REALLY. SHOULD FINALLY AGREE TO SOME. KIND OF A CEASEFIRE OR A DEAL. CHARLIE: CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN. QUICKLY HOW THE BATTLEFIELD HAS. CHANGED IN UKRAINE? >> SURE. SO THE UKRAINIANS HAVE REALLY. DEVELOPED A DRONE INDUSTRIAL. BASE, AND THEY'VE GOTTEN REALLY. GOOD AT DRONE WARFARE. SO THE AVERAGE LIFE SPAN OF A. RUSSIAN ONCE HE GOES TO THE. FRONT LINE IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

AND SO IT'S HIGHLY LETHAL. AND SO IT'S TERRIBLE, IT'S. TERRIBLE, BLOODY, TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE LETHAL WAR, BUT THE. UKRAINIANS ARE DOING SO WELL, THEY'VE ACTUALLY RETAKEN. TERRITORY THAT THE RUSSIANS HAD. PREVIOUSLY TAKEN FROM UKRAINE. AND HELD. SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM FOR. UKRAINE, BUT THE RUSSIANS ARE. STILL HITTING UKRAINIAN. INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO GET A. CEASEFIRE BEFORE THE WINTER. BECAUSE THE RUSSIANS, OF COURSE, WEAPONIZE THE COLD AGAINST. UKRAINIAN CIVILIANS BY HITTING. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. RACHEL: SO, REBECCAH, I KNOW.

YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS. CLOSELY. YOU JUST MENTIONED THE RUSSIAN. SOLDIERS AND THEIR CHANCES OF. SURVIVAL DUE TO THIS DRONE. WARFARE. WHAT DOES THE -- BECAUSE THIS. WAR IS ON THE AIR, YOU KNOW, WE. COVER IT AND THEN IT'S NOT. IF -- HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT. WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. HOW MANY UKRAINIAN MEN HAVE. DIED, HOW MANY RUSSIAN YOUNG MEN. HAHAVE DIED? IF GIVE US AN IDEA OF JUST HOW.

BLOODY THIS WAR HAS BEEN. >> SO THE NUMBERS ARE NOT. ENTIRELY CLEAR, RACHEL, BUT THE. IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. IT'S ON THE ORDER OF HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS OR OVER A MILLION ON. THE RUSSIAN SIDE. THE UKRAINIANS OBVIOUSLY TRY TO. KEEP THOSE NUMBERS QUIETER. SO WE DON'T HAVE HIGH FIDELITY. ON HOW MANY, BUT IT'S VERY, VERY. HIGH. AND, CLEARLY, THE UKRAINIANS. WANT THIS WAR TO END. I GOT THE SENSE THAT THERE'S. GREAT UKRAINIAN SOLIDARITY. THEY'VE FOUGHT REALLY WELL, BUT. THEY DO REALLY WANT A BREAK. THEY WANT TO REBUILD THEIR.

COUNTRY, AND THEY CERTAINLY. DON'T WANT THE HAND OVER. TERRITORY THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE. NOT TAKEN BY FORCE. AND SO WHERE THE BATTLE LINES. ARE NOW, THAT, I THINK, IS GOING. TO BE A SATISFACTORY LINE WHERE. THE UKRAINIANS WOULD AGREE TO AS. LONG AS THE UNITED STATES. DOESN'T RECOGNIZE ANY OF CURRENT. RUSSIAN-OCCUPIED TERRITORY AS, YOU KNOW, DU JOUR MEANING. RELY -- LEGALLY RECOGNIZED AS. RUSSIAN TERRITORY. GRIFF: LET ME TAKE YOU TO THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. U.S. FORCES STRUCK THREE IRANIAN. OIL TANKERS AFTER THE IRGC.

LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILES. TOWARDS A U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER. WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT THINGS. STAND WITH THIS? >> SO THIS IS REALLY. INTERESTING, GRIFF. OUR VIEWERS MIGHT KNOW THE. BLOCKADE HAS BEEN VERY. SUCCESSFUL. THE UNITED STATES IS NOT LETTING. IRANIAN OIL OUT WHILE WE'RE. USHERING OTHER SHIPS THRHROUGH E. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THE CREPE RAN -- IRANIANS SHOT. AT THIS AIRCRAFT CARRIER, SO AT. MILLER COOPER SAYS IF YOU SHOOT. AT TWO OF OUR SHIPS, WE'RE GOING.

TO SHOOT AT THREE. THE THREE TANKERS, THEY WEREN'T. EVEN TRYING TO EVADE THE. BLOCKADE. THEY WERE AT PORT, KHARG AND. THIS OTHER POINT THAT ONLY HAS. ABOUT 10% OF IRANIAN CRUDE. GETTING OUT OF THERE. SO FACT THAT OUR NAVY TOOK OUT. THOSE TANKERS IS REALLY. INCREDIBLE. WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THEM. AND SO IT'S REALLY, I THINK, CRUSHING THE IRANIANS AND ALSO. GIVING THE IRANIANS ANOTHER. OPTION TO SAY, LOOK, WE'RE GOING. TO CONTINUE TO TURN UP THE HEAT. ON YOU IF YOU CONTINUE TO SHOOT.

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