US envoys reach Moscow for Putin talks after Abu Dhabi push on Ukraine
What's new: The trip follows two days of US-mediated talks that yielded plans for a major prisoner swap but no broader breakthrough.
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Nov. 12 for talks with President Vladimir Putin, the latest US effort to broker a deal to end the war in Ukraine. The visit came a day after negotiations in Abu Dhabi wrapped up with reported progress on another large prisoner exchange, but no public agreement on core issues such as territory. The Kremlin meeting will be Witkoff's 10th in-person session with Putin. Ukraine has rejected Moscow's demand that it give up all of Donbas for peace, leaving talks stuck on land and shifting US mediation toward postwar security guarantees and reconstruction. Russian officials have also floated non-aggression pacts with NATO states as part of a wider European security framework.