U.S. presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on November 12. In Moscow, they are expected to meet Vladimir Putin following two days of trilateral talks between Ukraine, the United States and Russia in Abu Dhabi.
The arrival of the U.S. delegation was reported by Russia’s TASS news agency.
Witkoff and Kushner were met at Vnukovo by Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev. Their motorcade then left the airport.
Kushner said the previous day that during the meeting with Putin, the U.S. side planned to discuss issues raised at the Abu Dhabi talks and try to make progress in areas where Washington sees “openings and opportunities.”
The agenda includes humanitarian issues, the release of prisoners and the possible involvement of European representatives in future negotiations.
After the talks in Moscow, Witkoff and Kushner are expected to travel to Dublin for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
There, the U.S. representatives plan to discuss the results of their meeting with Putin and the proposals presented during the talks in Abu Dhabi.
The trilateral talks between Ukraine, the United States and Russia took place on November 10–11. The sides agreed in principle on a large prisoner exchange, while key disagreements, including territorial issues, remained unresolved.
Ukraine was represented at the talks by Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, Head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Budanov, his First Deputy Serhii Kyslytsia, Servant of the People parliamentary faction leader Davyd Arakhamia, and Deputy Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine Vadym Skibitskyi. The Russian delegation was headed by Putin aide Vladimir Medinsky.
