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Witkoff Says 'One Issue' Remains on Ukraine Peace Ahead of Putin Meeting
US envoy Steve Witkoff said peace talks are near resolution with one issue left, focusing on territory or control of Zaporizhzhia amid ongoing diplomatic efforts.
- On January 22, 2026, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff told a Davos breakfast that negotiations are down to one issue and solvable, and he would depart for Moscow later that day with Jared Kushner.
- The talks follow competing proposals including a 27-point peace plan and Volodymyr Zelenskyy's 20-point peace plan, with key obstacles over land and security guarantees such as the Donbas region and Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
- Witkoff highlighted negotiators' sustained effort, noting he spent more than 100 hours with Ukraine's negotiating team while Russian forces left 1 million people without light and heat, and 3,000 buildings in Kyiv without heating.
- Witkoff will travel to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and then fly to Abu Dhabi for military and economic working groups, but any deal still requires Putin's approval after a lukewarm Kremlin response.
- Economic discussions include proposals of $800 billion in assistance and a 170 billion growth 'booster', while Donald Trump has raised a tariff-free zone proposal for Ukraine that Witkoff called "game changing".
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