Ukraine peace talks: US envoys arrive in Russia to meet with Putin

The US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff are in Russia to meet Vladimir Putin. The expected meeting comes after two days of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi. Follow DW for more.

US mediators, Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump , and special envoy Steve Witkoff have arrived in Moscow, according to Russian news agencies. "At Vnukovo [Airport], US President's special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were met by Russian President's special representative Kirill Dmitriev," Interfax news agency said. "Welcoming Steve and Jared ​to Moscow," Dmitriev said on X, with an accompanying picture of himself shaking ​hands with Witkoff with Kushner standing alongside.

"One of the positives is we agreed that we're going to have the biggest humanitarian release of prisoners, which we're going to finalize the numbers tomorrow," Kushner said after the Abu Dhabi talks ended.