US Envoys in Moscow: Witkoff and Kushner Meet Putin After Abu Dhabi Stalemate

MOSCOW — American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, carrying the Ukraine peace effort from two days of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi that ended without a breakthrough but with a major prisoner exchange agreed.

The Kremlin talks are Witkoff's tenth meeting with Putin in person. After Moscow, the envoys fly to Dublin on Friday to debrief President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This briefing covers the arrival, what the Abu Dhabi round actually produced, the territorial and security-guarantee gaps that remain, and the overnight strikes on both capitals — plus the rising toll from the Brooklyn building collapse in New York.