Putin to meet Witkoff and Kushner on morning of 12 November – Ushakov

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will meet with US presidential special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on the morning of 12 November.

Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov said this, as quoted by Russian state news agency TASS, Censor.NET reports.

"Putin’s meeting with Witkoff and Kushner will take place on the morning of 12 November, and the protocol will be ‘as usual’," Ushakov said.

The previous day, US presidential special envoy Jared Kushner said he would travel to Moscow the following day to meet with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Earlier, media reported that Witkoff and Kushner could travel to Kyiv and Moscow again.

Trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi

On 10 November, US-mediated talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations took place in the UAE. This was the first such meeting since February 2026.
Before meeting with Russia, Ukraine held talks with representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the European Commission. US special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner also joined those talks.
The Ukrainian delegation, led by Foreign Intelligence Service chief Rustem Umerov, includes Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov, Servant of the People faction leader Davyd Arakhamiia, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Serhii Kyslytsia and Deputy Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Vadym Skibitskyi.
The Russian delegation is led by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Representatives of two directorates of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Igor Kostyukov and Yuri Zhigarlovsky, and Russian Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin will also take part in the meeting in Abu Dhabi.
NATO is represented in Abu Dhabi by Chief of Staff Geoffrey van Leeuwen, who is the chief strategic adviser to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
The second day of talks, on 11 November, lasted just under two hours.
US special representative Jared Kushner said he would meet with Putin on 12 November, followed by a meeting with Zelenskyy.