Overview
- Kirill Dmitriev described discussions with U.S. interlocutors Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as "constructive" and said they continued through the weekend in Miami.
- Dmitry Peskov said Dmitriev’s mandate is to obtain details of Washington’s contacts with Ukrainians and Europeans and present the results to Vladimir Putin after the trip.
- Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said most amendments proposed by Europe and Ukraine will be "categorically unacceptable" to Russia, citing earlier understandings reached with U.S. representatives.
- Ushakov added that no serious planning exists for a Russia–U.S.–Ukraine trilateral meeting and that Dmitriev is engaging only with the American side.
- Ukraine’s Rustem Umierov said Kyiv’s consultations with U.S. and European partners concluded on 19 December, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United States proposed holding peace talks that could include European participation.