Putin pitches new European security vision to US envoys at Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin presented his vision for indivisible European security to White House envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff during a Thursday Kremlin meeting, following renewed trilateral contacts in Abu Dhabi. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the current European security system is failing and called on European nations to support efforts toward a new security architecture. He noted Putin made similar proposals in 2021, demanding NATO withdraw to 1997 borders, while adding Moscow now has new ideas based on lessons from the current situation. Ushakov described the Abu Dhabi talks as constructive and productive, but warned Europeans must decide whether they want peace or continued war, saying their actions currently suggest the latter. Russia has cited Western rejection of its 2021 demands as a deep cause of the Ukraine conflict.