U.S. envoys Kushner and Witkoff meet Putin in Moscow before heading to Dublin
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U.S. representatives Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin and are scheduled to travel to Dublin for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff landed in Moscow on Thursday for a scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at 12:00 local time (09:00 GMT). Russian Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev greeted the delegation, and the two Americans are expected to continue to Dublin later that day for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Kushner told reporters earlier in the week that the United States had identified "some openings and some opportunities" and hoped to "make some progress" in the upcoming discussion with Putin. The Moscow talks follow a round of negotiations in Abu Dhabi that focused on the post-war security architecture of Europe.
During the Abu Dhabi talks, which involved only Russia and Ukraine, Kushner said he would ask Putin to endorse the inclusion of European representatives in future negotiations and urged Europe to designate a single spokesperson for the process. Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky said the parties had moved "closer to achieving peace" but emphasized that outcomes now depend on Ukraine, the United States, and whether Europe adjusts its stance.
While Kushner and Witkoff were meeting Russian officials, Ukrainian President Zelensky warned that systematic restrictions on the Starshield satellite internet service, provided by SpaceX, were hampering frontline communications and complicating the interception of Russian drones. Elon Musk denied any deliberate throttling of the service.