Overview
- The five-hour Kremlin meeting with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner yielded no compromises, and Russian officials said parts of the U.S. plan were unacceptable.
- Territory and Ukraine’s potential path to NATO were identified by Moscow as key sticking points in the discussions.
- President Donald Trump said his envoys came away with the impression that Vladimir Putin would like to end the war, while cautioning that the outcome remains uncertain.
- Witkoff and Kushner are set to meet Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov in Florida on Thursday as Kyiv and European governments reject territorial concessions.
- Russia claims recent battlefield gains, including a contested claim of taking Pokrovsk, have strengthened its negotiating position, while European allies advance counterproposals and warn against forced border changes.