US envoys arrive in Moscow for new round of Ukraine peace talks

US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Thursday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, marking the 10th meeting between Witkoff and Putin as part of ongoing efforts to broker a peace deal in Ukraine. The Kremlin meetings follow two days of trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi that ended Wednesday with a new large-scale prisoner exchange announcement but no public progress on broader negotiations. Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev received the Americans upon arrival in wet snow and accompanied them to central Moscow before the talks. Kushner said he would take stock of the Abu Dhabi discussions and seek progress, then travel to Dublin for an assessment meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky stated Moscow will only sign an agreement under its own conditions, ruling out territorial exchanges. Zelensky, arriving in Dublin for a European Political Community summit, said there could be a "window of opportunity" for a ceasefire before 2027, adding he hoped the Americans would return with concrete elements.