Overview
- The Kremlin confirmed a Dec. 2 meeting in Moscow with U.S. envoys Steve Uitkoff and Jared Kushner on a U.S. initiative for Ukraine, calling the talks necessary and substantive with further contacts expected.
- Vladimir Putin said Russian representatives disagreed with several points and noted the original proposal, widely described as 28 points, was largely unchanged and divided by Washington into four separate packages for discussion.
- Putin reiterated that Russia will not accept terms that contradict its territorial demands and asserted that Moscow intends to take control of the areas it claims.
- European outlets reported diplomats’ concern that U.S.–Russia contacts could shift the Western negotiating posture, while Belgium’s prime minister opposed using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, exposing EU divisions.
- Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan is set to present Ankara’s position on a settlement at the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels, according to a Turkish ministry source.