US envoys meet Putin after 2 days of Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi
What's new: The sides agreed to a major prisoner swap, and the envoys next plan talks in Dublin with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, a day after two days of US-mediated talks with Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Abu Dhabi ended without a broader breakthrough. The meeting at the Kremlin lasted about two hours, according to NPR. The Abu Dhabi sessions were the first trilateral talks involving the three sides since February and produced an agreement on a large prisoner exchange, though the exact number was not disclosed. The envoys were then expected to travel to Dublin for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Washington pressed to revive negotiations and sought a wider European role in discussions on Ukraine and regional security.