Witkoff and Kushner met with Putin in the Kremlin.
⠀.
The conversation lasted about two and a half hours. After the meeting, the Americans announced progress. Witkoff told CNN that the three-way format has been renewed and a new meeting has already been scheduled. The date and place have not yet been announced. According to him, this time the Europeans will join the negotiations.
Kushner called the discussions in the Kremlin exhaustive and detailed: they, according to him, will become the basis for the next round.
In Abu Dhabi, Medinsky did not allow the Europeans to participate in the negotiations; The Americans just updated them. Vitkoff himself confirmed this in a meeting with Putin.
⠀.
Putin responded that Russia has never interrupted the dialogue with Europe: "They are the ones who interrupted the dialogue with the Russian Federation." He asked the Americans to work with their allies "so that they ultimately decide what they want: peace or war in Ukraine. And, of course, we are ready to work with them."
⠀.
From Moscow, Witkoff and Kushner flew to Dublin to see Zelensky to tell him about the results of the Kremlin meeting.
Oleg Tsarev. Telegram and Max.