US envoys meet Zelensky in Dublin after talks with Putin in Moscow

1What happened

US envoy Steve Witkoff says President Putin has agreed to European negotiators joining the next round of Ukraine talks. BBC ↗

2What’s next

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff went to the Kremlin to brief Russian President Vladimir Putin and are scheduled to fly later to Ireland for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. NPR ↗

3Also reported

Vladimir Putin indicated on Thursday that Russia will not compromise on its hardline demands to end the Ukraine offensive but offered a short-term ceasefire in a key frontline city during a Kremlin meeting with US envoys. South China Morning Post ↗

Sources

• US envoys meet Zelensky in Dublin after talks with Putin in Moscow ↗BBC
• Putin indicates he will not compromise on Ukraine in meeting with US envoys ↗South China Morning Post
• U.S. envoys meet with Putin in Moscow on Ukraine talks, then head for Dublin to see Zelenskyy ↗PBS News
• U.S. envoys meet with Putin in the Kremlin after Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi ↗NPR
• Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Moscow to meet with Putin, discuss Ukraine peace talks ↗ABC News
• Ukraine warns of fresh Starshield disruptions as U.S. envoys arrive in Moscow for talks with Putin ↗CNBC
• Russia, Ukraine trade strikes as US envoys land in Moscow ↗Daily Sabah
• Ukraine faces new Starshield disruptions as Trump envoys meet with Putin ↗NBC News