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Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Moscow for talks with Russia. VIDEO
US representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on the morning of 12 November for talks with Russian officials.
According to Censor.NET, this has been reported by Russian media.
As previously reported by Ushakov, an aide to the Russian dictator, the meeting is scheduled for the morning. Afterwards, Kushner and Witkoff will travel to Ireland, where they will meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
What led up to this?
- The day before, US President’s Special Envoy Jared Kushner stated that he would travel to Moscow the following day to meet with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
- Earlier, the media reported that Witkoff and Kushner might travel to Kyiv and Moscow again.
Trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi
- On 10 November, talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations, mediated by the US, took place in the UAE. This was the first such meeting since February 2026.
- Prior to the meeting with Russia, Ukraine held talks with representatives from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the European Commission, which were also attended by US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
- The Ukrainian delegation, led by Rustem Umerov, Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, is represented by Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine; Davyd Arakhamia, Chair of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction; Serhii Kyslytsia, First Deputy Head of the Office of the President; and Vadym Skibitskyi, Deputy Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence.
- The Russian delegation is led by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Also taking part in the meeting in Abu Dhabi on behalf of the Russian Federation will be representatives of two departments of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Igor Kostyukov and Yuri Zhigalovsky, as well as Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin.
- Meanwhile, NATO is represented in Abu Dhabi by Chief of Staff Geoffrey van Leeuwen, who is the chief strategic adviser to the Alliance’s Secretary-General, Mark Rutte.
- The second day of talks, on 11 November, lasted just under two hours.
- US Special Representative Jared Kushner announced that he would meet with Putin on 12 November, followed by a meeting with Zelenskyy.
