Kremlin Calls Russia-US Talks Constructive But No Deal Reached

The Kremlin said Vladimir Putin held “very useful” talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner though the sides failed to reach agreement on a plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The negotiations lasting almost five hours were “constructive and very informative,” though “a compromise hasn’t been reached yet” on the critical issue of territorial control, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters in Moscow. “Some American proposals seem more or less acceptable, but they need to be discussed. Some of the wording we’ve been offered isn’t acceptable, so the work will continue.”

This photograph distributed by Russian state agency shows Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow on Dec. 2.

Photographer: Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images

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