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Washington Post: A U.S. delegation is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday for high-stakes talks on a revamped peace proposal that the White House is “very optimistic” about amid increased pressure on a weakened Ukraine…
Byline Times: Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations…
ABC: President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia is ready to fight a war if Europe seeks one and claimed European countries are trying to make changes in President Donald Trump’s proposal on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, ahead of his high-stakes meeting with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday…
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CNN: A lengthy meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner was “very useful, constructive, and highly substantive,” a Kremlin aide said tonight while noting that no compromise on the plan for Ukraine was reached…
Times UK: Russia has rejected a revised peace deal to end the war in Ukraine, after five hours of talks between President Putin and US representatives failed to deliver a breakthrough…
New York Times: Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, told journalists earlier on Tuesday that negotiations with Mr. Witkoff and Mr. Kushner would go on “as long as necessary.” Mr. Kushner does not have a formal role in the Trump administration, but played a role in brokering the cease-fire in Gaza…
Witkoff and Trump cannot be trusted – it’s time for Europe to muscle into Putin talks