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Russian President Vladimir Putin met US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow on Thursday, a day after the latest US-mediated Russia-Ukraine peace talks concluded in Abu Dhabi, according to Anadolu Agency.
Russian media, including state news agency Tass, reported that the Moscow negotiations had begun. Witkoff and Kushner arrived in the Russian capital earlier on Thursday after taking part in two days of talks in the United Arab Emirates.
Russian presidential aides Yury Ushakov and Vladimir Medinsky, along with presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev, also attended the meeting, according to reports. Medinsky led Russia’s delegation at the Abu Dhabi talks on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The latest round of negotiations ended on Wednesday with a new prisoner exchange between Moscow and Kyiv. Details of the exchange had not been confirmed.
After the Abu Dhabi talks, Kushner told reporters that he and Witkoff would meet Putin on Thursday to “finalize the numbers” for the prisoner swap and discuss the possible inclusion of Europe in the talks. Moscow has opposed Europe’s participation so far.
Kushner added that the envoys would then travel to Ireland to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who arrived in Dublin on Wednesday.
