Putin meets Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner in Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin began a meeting in the Kremlin on Thursday, November 12, with US President Donald Trump's special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, according to Russian state media. The meeting includes Putin's aides Yuri Ushakov and Vladimir Medinsky, as well as special representative Kirill Dmitriev. TASS reported Putin noted "success in the humanitarian sphere regarding Ukraine" during the talks. Kushner and Witkoff arrived in Moscow early on November 12. After the talks, they are expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin, where he is attending a European Political Community summit. Kushner previously expressed hope Putin would agree to expand peace talks to include Europe. On November 11, two-day Ukraine-US-Russia negotiations in Abu Dhabi concluded with an agreement on a large-scale prisoner exchange.