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December 2, 2025

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner Meet Vladimir Putin as U.S. Pushes for Ukraine Peace Deal
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President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner are
set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today.
Witkoff and Kushner are expected to offer Putin a U.S.-backed peace
proposal that was revised during negotiations between American and
Ukrainian officials in Miami over the weekend. This follows reporting
from The Wall Street Journal on Witkoff's October meeting with Kirill
Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund and Putin's handpicked
negotiator. Dmitriev reportedly offered a plan for U.S. companies to tap
nearly $300 billion of Russian central bank assets, frozen in Europe.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met French President
Emmanuel Macron Monday and is in Ireland today for meetings. Amid the
diplomatic activity, Russia launched a missile attack on the Ukrainian
city of Dnipro, killing four people and injuring 40. Meanwhile, Putin is
claiming victory after Russian forces captured the Ukrainian town of
Pokrovsk in the eastern Donbas region after fierce fighting for over a
year. Pokrovsk was once a strategic logistics hub for the Ukrainian
army.


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