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US Envoys Discussed Plans to End the War in Ukraine with Putin, White House Says

From Delfi Latvia · () Latvian

Translated from Latvian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss specific plans for possible next steps toward ending the war in Ukraine, the White House said.
  • Putin aide Yuri Ushakov described the three-hour talks as extremely candid and said the American side presented several ideas, while also saying Moscow remained confident it could achieve its military objectives.
  • The delegation was due to travel to Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with sanctions reportedly among the issues discussed by other US and Russian officials.

Three hours of talks in Moscow produced what the White House described as concrete plans for possible next steps toward ending the war in Ukraine. US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday evening as part of President Donald Trump’s peace initiative.

A White House official told AFP that the two sides discussed specific plans that would be announced in the coming weeks. The official said the White House hoped Witkoff and Kushner would have equally productive meetings in Kyiv on Sunday.

Extremely candid

· Yuri UshakovHis description of the three-hour meeting between Putin and the US envoys.

Putin’s foreign-policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, called the talks “extremely candid.” He said the Americans had put forward “a series of ideas about possible ways to resolve the conflict,” but offered no further details. Ushakov also told reporters that Russia had informed the US side that Moscow was “confident” it could achieve its military objectives in Ukraine.

Axios reported that the US delegation also included Gene Lang, who handles sanctions issues at the US Treasury Department. Lang took part in discussions with Putin’s special representative and Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s state investment fund, but did not join the meeting with Putin. His presence suggested that US sanctions on Russia were also discussed, Axios reported.

A series of ideas about possible ways to resolve the conflict

· Yuri UshakovHis account of what the American delegation presented during the talks.

Witkoff and Kushner have visited Moscow several times, but Sunday was expected to mark their first trip to Kyiv, where they were scheduled to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Overnight, the delegation flew from Moscow to Poland, crossing Latvian and Lithuanian airspace before landing at Rzeszów. Foreign delegations usually continue from there by train because Ukraine’s airspace remains closed due to the war.

Ukraine had said it would refrain from airstrikes on Moscow while the US envoys visited Russia and Ukraine. The Kremlin later said Putin had ordered a three-day halt to attacks on Kyiv.

Confident

· Yuri UshakovHis characterization of Moscow’s view that it can achieve its military objectives in Ukraine.
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Originally published by Delfi Latvia in Latvian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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