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US envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Moscow for Putin talks on Ukraine
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived at Moscow's Vnukovo airport on Thursday, 12 November, after mediation talks in Abu Dhabi, and plan to meet Wladimir Putin.
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In brief
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived at Vnukovo airport on Thursday, 12 November, after talks in Abu Dhabi, and plan to meet Wladimir Putin.
Russian and Ukrainian delegations held their first US-mediated talks since February, agreeing a larger prisoner exchange but no other tangible results.
The US envoys want to bring Europe into future peace negotiations, which Moscow rejects, according to the reports.
Wolodymyr Selenskyj attends a European Political Community summit in Dublin, where leaders from almost 50 countries are meeting, and the envoys plan to meet him there.
- Abu Dhabi roundRussian and Ukrainian delegations hold first US-mediated talks since February; larger prisoner exchange agreed
- 12 NovWitkoff and Kushner arrive at Vnukovo airport in Moscow
- Planned after MoscowPlanned meeting with Selenskyj at the European Political Community summit in Dublin
Envoys arrive in Moscow
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in the Russian capital on Thursday morning, 12 November, after a mediation mission in Abu Dhabi. According to the news agency Interfax, Kirill Dmitriev, special envoy of the Russian president, received them at Vnukovo airport. The two intend to meet Wladimir Putin in Moscow. Their visit follows the first round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations under US mediation since February.
Abu Dhabi talks
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, under US mediation, to explore ways of ending the fighting. The talks produced an agreement for a larger prisoner exchange, but no other tangible results. Both sides nevertheless said they wanted to keep talking. Kushner announced afterwards that he and Witkoff wanted to meet Putin to take stock of the points discussed in Abu Dhabi and to try to make further progress.
Europe's role and the Dublin meeting
The US envoys also want to convince Putin to involve Europe in future peace negotiations, a step Moscow rejects. After Moscow they planned to travel on to Dublin to meet Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj. Selenskyj is attending a summit of the European Political Community there. Leaders from almost 50 countries are meeting in Dublin to discuss the war.
Fighting continues
Russia has kept up its attacks on Ukraine while diplomacy continues. At least four people were killed in a drone attack on a market near Odesa. Both sides said they wanted to continue talks as the envoys prepared to meet Putin in Moscow.
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Sources and context
- DIE WELTUkraine war: US envoys arrive in Moscow for talks with PutinUkraine-Krieg: US-Gesandte treffen zu Gesprächen mit Putin in Moskau ein · original in German
- Deutsche WelleNews in brief: US negotiators speak with Putin againNews kompakt: US-Unterhändler sprechen erneut mit Putin · original in German
- Der TagesspiegelTalk with Putin planned: Trump's special envoys Witkoff and Kushner arrived in MoscowGespräch mit Putin geplant: Trumps Sondergesandte Witkoff und Kushner in Moskau eingetroffen · original in German
- Steve Witkoff
- US special envoy who travelled to Moscow after the Abu Dhabi talks
- Jared Kushner
- US envoy and son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, travelling to Moscow with Witkoff
- Wladimir Putin
- Russian president, whom the US envoys plan to meet in Moscow
- Wolodymyr Selenskyj
- Ukrainian president, expected to meet the US envoys in Dublin
- Kirill Dmitriev
- Special envoy of the Russian president who received the US envoys at Vnukovo airport
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