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US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have traveled to Moscow for meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at advancing peace talks in Ukraine. The discussions follow recent trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi that concluded without significant progress on key issues like territorial control, but did see agreement on a prisoner exchange. In Moscow, the US team will also likely urge Putin to include European nations in future negotiations, as direct talks between Russia and Ukraine have largely excluded them for nine months.
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Abu Dhabi European Moscow Russia Ukraine

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European NORP · 5× Moscow GPE · 5× Putin PERSON · 5× Russia GPE · 5× Abu Dhabi GPE · 4× Dublin GPE · 3× Ukraine GPE · 3× Kushner PERSON · 2× Kyiv GPE · 2× Witkoff PERSON · 2×

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- list 3 of 3US soldier arrested for Russia spying: What we know The meeting comes on the heels of two days of trilateral peace talks in the United Arab Emirates that concluded in the capital, Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday with news of another planned major prisoner exchange but no breakthrough on ending the nearly five-year war.
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Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova, reporting from Moscow, said one of the goals of Thursday’s visit would be for the US team to persuade Putin to invite Europeans to the negotiation process.
2026-11-12 · Al Jazeera
US envoys arrive in Moscow for Russia-Ukraine talks with Putin · assertive framing

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United States envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in their latest push for a peace deal in Ukraine. asserted
envoys → arrive → Ukraine
Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s special envoy, met Kushner and Witkoff at their plane on Thursday morning and accompanied them to central Moscow. asserted
Dmitriev → meet → Moscow
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plan → make → Russia
- list 3 of 3US soldier arrested for Russia spying: What we know The meeting comes on the heels of two days of trilateral peace talks in the United Arab Emirates that concluded in the capital, Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday with news of another planned major prisoner exchange but no breakthrough on ending the nearly five-year war. asserted
that → arrest → war
The US said differences remained on major issues, including territory, but some progress had been made on post-war security guarantees. asserted
progress → say → guarantees
Kyiv has strongly rejected Putin’s demands to surrender all of its eastern region of Donbas in return for peace. asserted
Kyiv → reject → peace
The Abu Dhabi talks were the first direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine mediated by the US in nine months. asserted
talks → mediate → months
Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova, reporting from Moscow, said one of the goals of Thursday’s visit would be for the US team to persuade Putin to invite Europeans to the negotiation process. asserted
team → report → process
“Ukraine and the US want the European partners to be involved while Moscow is adamant about talks without the Europeans, and that’s why they’ve been largely excluded from the process,” she said. asserted
she → want → process
Shapovalova added that the US delegation would bring Putin an updated proposal for a peace plan and the presence of Dmitriev in the talks was an indication that they would address some of the more complex issues. asserted
they → add → issues
European leaders meet in Dublin asserted
leaders → meet → Dublin
During the US-backed effort to revive talks, leaders from more than 40 European countries gathered in Dublin on Thursday for a summit focused on the continent’s security. asserted
leaders → back → security
The meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) brought together heads of state and government from the European Union and other European countries, including the United Kingdom. asserted
meeting → bring → Kingdom
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte also attended. asserted
Zelenskyy → attend → ?
The EPC was established in 2022 as a forum for countries both inside and outside the 27-nation EU. asserted
EPC → establish → EU
Zelenskyy and his European allies are expected to discuss this week’s talks in Abu Dhabi. asserted
Zelenskyy → expect → Dhabi
Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, and Witkoff are scheduled to meet Zelenskyy in Dublin on Friday after talking to Putin. asserted
Kushner → schedule → Putin
Audrey Macalpine, reporting from Kyiv, said Ukrainians do not believe the talks in Moscow will yield results. asserted
talks → report → results
“Over the past two days, we saw just another prisoner exchange, which has been the case in previous talks,” the correspondent said. asserted
correspondent → see → talks
“When it comes to the negotiations, not much has changed in terms of where these two sides stand,” Macalpine added. asserted
Macalpine → come → terms
“Perhaps the biggest thing of note [in the talks] was that they took place at all.” asserted
they → take → place
Meanwhile, French Minister Delegate for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad on Thursday said the EU will approve more sanctions against Russia. asserted
EU → say → Russia
“On Monday, we will take new sanctions against Russia on 150 additional entities, 50 banks, and it’s France which proposed the bulk of the entities to add,” Haddad told LCI television. asserted
Haddad → take → television
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