US EditionPutin agrees next steps with US envoys but Kremlin says territory is key
Putin and U.S. envoys agreed on next steps in peace talks, with territorial control as the main unresolved issue, ahead of trilateral meetings in Abu Dhabi.
- On Jan 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin began a meeting with three U.S. envoys in Moscow late on Thursday, greeted them shortly before midnight, with a video showing a handshake.
- Territory remains the core sticking point, with Vladimir Putin demanding Ukraine surrender the 20% it holds of Donetsk and Russia insisting Ukraine renounce NATO ambitions and bar NATO troops.
- Minutes after talks began, Russia carried out a strategic bomber patrol as Tu-22M3 bombers flew for more than five hours over the Baltic Sea, with Putin joined by Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev.
- Trilateral meetings in Abu Dhabi on Friday and Saturday will involve negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the U.S., with Ukrainian-backed economic recovery plans nearly ready as the U.S. pushes to close a deal.
- Amid winter hardships, Ukraine endures heavy Russian strikes on energy infrastructure while Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian President, said security guarantees are finalised but territory remains unresolved, raising urgency.
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At a late hour, Kremlin chief Putin received U.S. Special Envoy Witkoff for talks about an end to the Ukraine war. Is there progress towards peace?
Latest Meeting Between Putin and U.S. Envoys ‘Extremely Frank,’ Kremlin Says Ahead of Abu Dhabi Talks
President Vladimir Putin met late Thursday with an American delegation led by White House special envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss the latest developments in talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, a day before planned trilateral discussions in Abu Dhabi. “The talks lasted around four hours and were highly substantive and constructive.
Putin Signals Progress with U.S. but Says Territory Is Central to Peace
Russia said it will hold three-way security talks with the United States and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi on Friday following a late-night meeting in Moscow between President Vladimir Putin and three U.S. envoys. The talks, which lasted around four hours, were described by the Kremlin as “substantive, constructive and very frank,” but Russian officials stopped […] The post Putin Signals Progress with U.S. but Says Territory Is Central to Peace appeared …
After talks between Russia's President Putin and US representatives Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow, the Kremlin announced its participation in today's meeting on "security issues". The "trilateral working group" consisting of Russian, Ukrainian and American ambassadors will meet in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, said Russian Presidential Adviser Ushakov.
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