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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussia Sees No Breakthrough at Ukraine Talks With US Envoys
The Kremlin said the territorial issue remains unresolved after President Vladimir Putin held late-night talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on the latest peace plan for ending Russias war on Ukraine.
Theres no hope of achieving a long-term settlement to the war until Russias demands for territory in Ukraine are accepted, Putins foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, said in an audio recording on Telegram early Friday. Thats even as he characterized the almost four hours of negotiations in the Kremlin as exceptionally substantive, constructive.
Talks will continue between US, Russian and Ukrainian representatives in the United Arab Emirates on Friday and Saturday. Separately, Witkoff and Putins envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, will discuss bilateral Russia-US economic matters in Abu Dhabi.
This was Witkoffs seventh visit to Putin in the past year as US President Donald Trump has pushed for a peace deal, so far without success. US and Ukrainian officials have said theyve made significant progress on a 20-point plan to end the Russian full-scale invasion thats lasted almost four years and spiraled into Europes biggest conflict since World War II.
Theres no hope of achieving a long-term settlement to the war until Russias demands for territory in Ukraine are accepted, Putins foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, said in an audio recording on Telegram early Friday. Thats even as he characterized the almost four hours of negotiations in the Kremlin as exceptionally substantive, constructive.
Talks will continue between US, Russian and Ukrainian representatives in the United Arab Emirates on Friday and Saturday. Separately, Witkoff and Putins envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, will discuss bilateral Russia-US economic matters in Abu Dhabi.
This was Witkoffs seventh visit to Putin in the past year as US President Donald Trump has pushed for a peace deal, so far without success. US and Ukrainian officials have said theyve made significant progress on a 20-point plan to end the Russian full-scale invasion thats lasted almost four years and spiraled into Europes biggest conflict since World War II.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-22/putin-starts-kremlin-talks-with-us-envoys-witkoff-and-kushner?srnd=homepage-americas
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Russia Sees No Breakthrough at Ukraine Talks With US Envoys (Original Post)
lostincalifornia
11 hrs ago
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purr-rat beauty
(1,034 posts)1. That's because...
....putin and trump don't want peace
They want power
bucolic_frolic
(54,262 posts)2. Spank them with the Peace Board
That will bring them begging for a deal.
Lovie777
(22,027 posts)3. Duh....
maybe because Putin wants Ukraine.