US envoys meet Putin in Moscow for Ukraine peace push

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived at the Kremlin on Thursday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a new push for a peace deal in Ukraine despite a lack of trust between Moscow and Kyiv. The meeting marks Witkoff's 10th in-person encounter with Putin during a conflict lasting longer than the Soviet Union's World War II fight against Nazi Germany. It follows two days of US-mediated trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi, where sides agreed on a major prisoner exchange but no broader breakthrough. Russian and Ukrainian negotiators reported some progress in Abu Dhabi, but differences remain on territory, with Kyiv rejecting Putin's demand to surrender the Donbas region. The envoys are expected to fly to Dublin later Thursday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.