Overview
- Russian MFA envoy Rodion Miroshnik alleges European governments are trying to distort the U.S. initiative to derail the process and blame Russia.
- The Kremlin says Russia remains engaged on the Anchorage discussion platform and open to negotiations with U.S. counterparts.
- Moscow indicates it can continue dialogue with Kyiv in the Istanbul format if there is a suitable basis, asserting its positions have not changed since July.
- Vladimir Putin met U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on December 2 to discuss a U.S. plan described as 27 points grouped for separate talks.
- Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov called the discussions substantive and said contacts will continue, adding that Russian battlefield gains have affected the negotiating dynamic.