Editor’s note: The story is being updated.
U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Nov. 12, following two days of peace talks on Ukraine that failed to produce a meaningful breakthrough.
Kremlin aides Yuri Ushakov, Kirill Dmitriev, and Vladimir Medinsky — who lead the Russian delegation to Abu Dhabi — are present at the meeting, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
After Kushner and Witkoff finish their trip to Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to receive a debrief in Ireland during a separate visit.
“We see some openings and some opportunities,” Kushner told the press, adding that the two envoys would also travel to Dublin to debrief Zelensky, who will be attending a Nov. 13 informal meeting of EU leaders.
No ceasefire or peace deal was reached at the first U.S. brokered peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in months.
The Abu Dhabi talks did bring an agreement on a new exchange of prisoners of war, Rustem Umerov, head of the Ukrainian delegation, said.
Steps toward a broader peace deal and Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction were also discussed at the talks, Umerov added.
“The first step — to end the war and ensure security guarantees for Ukraine,” he said in a post on X.