US envoys meet Putin in Moscow after Abu Dhabi talks

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow Thursday for talks with President Vladimir Putin, following U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine negotiations in Abu Dhabi that yielded a prisoner exchange agreement but no breakthrough in the nearly five-year conflict. The Abu Dhabi talks concluded Wednesday with a large prisoner swap deal, though no visible progress on ending hostilities. After meeting Putin, Kushner said he and Witkoff would fly to Dublin to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who welcomed the exchange but insisted Ukraine won't cede Russian-occupied territory for peace. Kushner aims to bring European countries into negotiations, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying Europeans could eventually join but criticizing their current stance. Fighting continues along the 1,200-kilometer front line, with Russia reporting downing 71 Ukrainian drones overnight and a Russian colonel killed in a St. Petersburg car bombing.