White House envoy Steve Witkoff and advisor Jared Kushner are due to meet with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida. The pair met Vladimir Putin in Moscow this week as the US pushes for peace in Ukraine.
White House envoy Steve Witkoff and advisor Jared Kushner are due to meet with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida. The pair met Vladimir Putin in Moscow this week as the US pushes for peace in Ukraine. DW has more.
US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025.
US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner are set to meet Ukrainian chief negotiator Rustem Umerov in Florida
The talks come after Witkoff and Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday
The leaders of France in Germany reportedly warned Ukrainian President Zelenskyy that the US could ‘betray’ Kyiv in talks
Russia says no compromise has been reached on the critical issue of territory in eastern Ukraine
Putin accused European nations of trying to sabotage the peace efforts, warning Russia was ‘ready’ for war with Europe
During a trip to India on Thursday, Putin says some parts of the plan are unacceptable .
White House envoy Steve Witkoff and advisor Jared Kushner are due to meet with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida. The pair met Vladimir Putin in Moscow this week as the US pushes for peace in Ukraine. DW has more.
US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025.
Witkoff (center) and Kushner met with Putin in the Kremlin on Tuesday to discuss the revised peace proposalImage: Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/Pool/REUTERS
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US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner are set to meet Ukrainian chief negotiator Rustem Umerov in Florida
The talks come after Witkoff and Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday
The leaders of France in Germany reportedly warned Ukrainian President Zelenskyy that the US could ‘betray’ Kyiv in talks
Russia says no compromise has been reached on the critical issue of territory in eastern Ukraine
Putin accused European nations of trying to sabotage the peace efforts, warning Russia was ‘ready’ for war with Europe
During a trip to India on Thursday, Putin says some parts of the plan are unacceptable
Meanwhile, Merz to visit Belgium after European Commission unveils Russian frozen assets proposal
Merz to visit Belgium after European Commission unveils Russian frozen assets proposal
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to travel to Brussels on Friday evening for a dinner meeting to speak privately with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The meeting marks a last-minute change of plans, as Merz had originally been scheduled to visit Norway.
No official explanation was given for the shift, but the timing is notable: It comes just one day after the European Commission unveiled a proposal to raise €90 billion (about $105 billion) for Ukraine, with some of it coming from leveraging frozen Russian assets.
