Vitkoff and Kushner may travel to Kiev and Moscow for talks with Zelensky and Putin after meetings in the United Arab Emirates, - Axios.
The Trump administration expects significant progress in negotiations and hopes to overcome differences between Ukraine and Russia, a US official said. Over the past two weeks, Vitkoff and Kushner have called Russian and Ukrainian officials daily, sometimes multiple times. Meanwhile, American mediators have been trying for weeks to convince Putin to return to the negotiating table. The White House hopes that the removal of American sanctions on the sale of Russian diesel and other concessions to Moscow will make the Kremlin more willing to compromise. Meanwhile, the positions of the two sides on key issues, mainly territorial, remain different. Russia's continued attacks on Ukrainian cities and the Kremlin's refusal to agree to a ceasefire also cast doubt on the prospects for a quick agreement. "There is a chance to make significant progress and try to bridge the differences. Bringing the parties back to the negotiating table was not easy," said the American official. Caravans: |.