Putin takes hard line in US talks as Ukraine says Starlink disrupted again
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.
Key points
- The US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff were in Russia to meet Vladimir Putin.
- The meeting comes after two days of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi.
- Later on Thursday, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will travel to Dublin to meet Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.
During the talks at the Kremlin with the US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff on Thursday, the Russian president refused to soften his territorial demands, insisting on full control over four Ukrainian regions that Moscow claims to have annexed.
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