US Envoys Meet With Putin in the Kremlin After Ukraine Talks in Abu Dhabi
The talks produced no major breakthrough, but negotiators agreed to a large prisoner swap as peace efforts remain stalled.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump's envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin, seeking new momentum in peace efforts after two days of negotiations.
- Kushner and Witkoff brokered the first direct discussions between Moscow and Kyiv in nine months in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as the push for peace stalled.
- Putin reaffirmed European troops in Ukraine are "absolutely unacceptable" as a security threat, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted Ukraine will not surrender Russian-occupied territory for peace.
- Envoys are scheduled to fly to Dublin, Ireland, for talks with Zelenskyy, who called a proposed prisoner swap a positive step despite ongoing fighting along the 1,200-kilometre front line.
- Zelenskyy sees a "window of opportunity" for a peace deal due to political changes, including Democrats taking over Congress, as Moscow continues its "weaponization of winter" against Ukraine.
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U.S. envoys Kushner, Witkoff meet with Putin at Kremlin in talks to end Russia-Ukraine war
U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys met with President Vladimir Putin on Thursday as Washington sought new momentum in peace efforts after two days of U.S.-mediated negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations.
The Russian President rejects any presence of foreign troops on Ukrainian territory and proposes a joint humanitarian operation in Kostiantinivka. Washington attempts to incorporate Europeans into a next round of negotiations Read
Diplomatic interest in the war in Ukraine is focused on the Kremlin, with Vladimir Putin meeting in Moscow with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Also attending the meeting from the Russian side are Vladimir Medinsky, Kirill Dmitriev and Yuri Ushakov, who took part in the trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi. The meeting is expected to be dominated by the territorial dispute between the two countries. The Russian president told the US e…
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