Putin also claimed that Zelensky’s European allies have pushed for demands that are “absolutely unacceptable."

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to bring a peace plan to end the nearly four-year war with Ukraine.

Witkoff and Kushner met with Putin in Moscow on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday that Russia's recent battlefield progress in Ukraine had what he described as a positive impact on peace negotiations held with U.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday in a meeting that dragged on for nearly five hours.

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (both not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on Aug 7, 2025. (Photo: REUTERS/Alexander Nemenov) … see more

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has received what the U.S. and Kyiv have called an "updated and refined peace framework" to end the war in Ukraine and will discuss it next week, the Kremlin confirmed on Friday.

Russia and the United States are making progress in peace talks concerning Ukraine. President Putin met with U.S. envoys, accepting some elements of a U.S.-drafted peace plan. Moscow is ready to continue negotiations with the current American team.

Russian drones have struck a house in central Ukraine, killing a 12-year-old boy KYIV, Ukraine — Russian drones struck a house in central Ukraine, killing a 12-year-old boy, officials said, while long-range Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted a Russian port and an oil refinery as U.