US envoys meet Putin in Moscow to advance Ukraine peace talks

US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Thursday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, continuing their push for a peace deal in Ukraine. The meeting marks Witkoff's 10th in-person encounter with Putin. The Kremlin talks follow two days of trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi that ended Wednesday with plans for a major prisoner exchange but no public breakthrough. Russian and Ukrainian negotiators reported some progress, though the US said differences remained on major issues, including territory. Kyiv has rejected Putin's demand to surrender the Donbas region, and talks remain deadlocked on land. US mediators have shifted focus to postwar security guarantees, while a senior Russian diplomat suggested Moscow could sign non-aggression pacts with NATO members, a proposal many European politicians oppose.