Putin, Ukraine and Moscow
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After being blindsided by President Donald Trump’s 28-point plan last month, some Europeans have expressed extreme disquiet at being apparently sidelined in talks.
LONDON -- The White House said it's is "very optimistic" ahead of special envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting in Moscow on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as U.S. officials continue their push to end Russia's war against Ukraine.
President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff will travel next week to Moscow as momentum builds for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday that Russia's recent battlefield progress in Ukraine had what he described as a positive impact on peace negotiations held with U.S. envoys in Moscow a day earlier.
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Ushakov said that "no compromise" was reached on territorial issues, while describing the meeting as one of the most extensive exchanges between Washington and Moscow since the conflict began.
The Kremlin’s top foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov confirmed there is a “preliminary agreement” for U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff to visit Moscow.
Negotiations at the Kremlin between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin lasted over four hours.
European officials, who were not included in the talks, said at a NATO meeting in Brussels that Russia appears to be inflexible in the negotiations.
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