U.S. envoys meet Putin in Moscow, then Zelensky in Dublin on Ukraine peace push

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to advance Ukraine peace efforts, then traveled to Dublin for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Kremlin meeting followed two days of U.S.-mediated negotiations in Abu Dhabi between Russian and Ukrainian delegations, the first direct talks in nine months, which yielded only a prisoner swap agreement. Putin reiterated that European troops in Ukraine post-ceasefire would be "absolutely unacceptable" and a security threat. Zelensky, attending a Dublin summit of over 40 European countries, called the prisoner exchange positive but ruled out surrendering occupied territory. Fighting continues along the 750-mile front, with Russia launching 123 drones and missiles overnight, while Ukraine reported disruptions to its U.S.-provided Starshield system.