Trump’s envoys to travel to Moscow as Abu Dhabi talks end without breakthrough

US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff said they would travel to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin after two days of Ukraine-Russia-US talks in Abu Dhabi ended without a breakthrough. They hope to secure Putin’s support for bringing European representatives into future negotiations, as Ukraine seeks security guarantees and a path towards ending the war.

Ukraine’s delegation head, Rustem Umerov, said the talks produced agreement on a new prisoner exchange and covered a broader peace deal and post-war reconstruction. He said significant differences remain; Russia wants more progress before a leaders’ summit, and the Kremlin has rejected Volodymyr Zelensky’s offers to meet Putin. European officials held separate discussions in Abu Dhabi, but Russia said it had no contact with them.