From Fox News: A marathon five-hour meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner failed to yield any major breakthroughs in efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Moscow Tuesday for talks with the Kremlin leader following a Sunday meeting with key members of the Ukrainian delegation on a revised peace plan.
Putin’s foreign-policy aide Yuri Ushakov, who also attended the Witkoff-Kushner meeting alongside Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, told reporters after that the conversations were “extremely useful, constructive and substantive,” according to a readout released by the Kremlin.
“We specifically discussed territorial issues, without which the crisis cannot be settled, as we see it. Of course, we also talked about the broad prospects for future economic interaction between our countries,” said Ushakov.
Russia is reportedly demanding that Ukraine relinquish the entire Donbas region, including parts its military does not currently control.
Ushakov said Whitkoff and Kushner presented Putin with a 27-point peace plan. Fox News explained that European leaders had criticized an earlier 28-point plan as being too favorable to Russia, and therefore, it was revised.
“Some of the American proposals appear more or less acceptable. They do, nevertheless, require further discussion. Certain wording we have been offered is not suitable for us. In other words, the work will continue,” Ushakov said.
Ahead of the meeting on Tuesday, Putin had accused Kyiv’s European allies of sabotaging U.S.-led efforts to end the war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Kyiv’s European allies Tuesday of sabotaging U.S.-led efforts to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine, shortly before he met with a delegation sent by President Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/5V7TEg0xl1
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 2, 2025
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, taking a draft peace plan that Washington hopes can bring about an end to the war in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/hjz7bowUZ9
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 2, 2025
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