Negotiations Between Putin, Whitcoff, and Kushner Are Taking Place in the Kremlin

Negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President's envoys Stephen Whitcoff and Jared Kushner have begun in the Kremlin. The representatives from Washington aimed to discuss proposals for resolving the war in Ukraine, developed during two days of talks in the United Arab Emirates, at the meeting on Thursday, November 12. The White House envoys arrived in the Russian capital a few hours earlier. The meeting in the Kremlin includes Russian presidential aides Yuri Ushakov and Vladimir Medinsky, as well as the president's special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev. Medinsky led the Russian delegation during the talks in the UAE. During the open part of the meeting, the Kremlin chief reiterated that Russia, which has been waging a full-scale war against its neighboring country for the fifth year, does not accept the presence of foreign troops in Ukraine, viewing it as a threat to its security. Such units will become legitimate targets for the Russian Armed Forces, Putin emphasized. He added that Moscow recognizes only one line of demarcation with Ukraine - the state border line. ## ## Negotiations with Kyiv After the Meeting in Moscow Both Whitcoff and Kushner are visiting Russia for the first time on an informal diplomatic mission. It is expected that after the negotiations in Russia, the U.S. envoys will meet in Ireland with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. As part of the ongoing summit of the European Political Community in Dublin, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested that the Russian side might agree to the participation of Europeans in negotiations regarding Ukraine.