Putin Talks With US Envoys Sputter as New Round Planned for UAE

Russian President Vladimir Putin held about four hours of talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the Kremlin on the latest peace plan aimed at ending his war on Ukraine, with further negotiations set to begin Friday.

However, a Kremlin foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, said in an audio recording on Telegram early Friday that “the territorial issue” regarding parts of Ukraine demanded by Putin had not been overcome in the discussions.

“We, as Vladimir Putin, emphasized, are sincerely interested in resolving the Ukrainian crisis through political and diplomatic means,” Ushakov added. “Until this is achieved, ...