Witkoff and Kushner's Moscow Visit Fails to Shift Putin's Stance on Ukraine

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin in Moscow for over two hours, but the talks failed to shift Russian or Ukrainian positions on key issues, Bloomberg reported. Kyiv separately reported new disruptions to the Starshield satellite system used by its military. Putin rejected foreign troops in Ukraine and criticized Kyiv's proposed "gray zones," recognizing only the state border. The envoys then traveled to Dublin to meet President Zelensky, with Witkoff saying Europeans will join the next negotiation round. Russia expressed readiness to work with Europe on a new security architecture. Zelensky reported Starshield outages for several days, raising questions about US restrictions. He urged Europe to name a negotiator by November, hoping for progress by early 2027. Putin and Trump plan bilateral talks next week at the APEC summit in Shenzhen.