US envoys meet Putin in Moscow for Ukraine peace talks, then head to Dublin for Zelenskyy

U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the latest round of Ukraine peace talks, following U.S.-mediated negotiations in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi talks concluded Wednesday with an agreement on a large prisoner-of-war exchange but no breakthrough on ending nearly five years of hostilities. After the Moscow meeting, Kushner said he and Witkoff would fly to Dublin to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy welcomed the prisoner exchange as positive but insisted Ukraine will not cede Russian-occupied territory for peace. Key hurdles remain, including postwar security guarantees and European involvement, which Moscow opposes but Kushner said is a goal of the talks.