Kremlin Downplays Hopes for Breakthrough in US Envoys’ Visit
The Kremlin said the envoys’ talks are unlikely to produce a peace deal as Russia and Ukraine keep trading drone and missile strikes.
- On Saturday, envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to discuss a peace proposal, with a scheduled visit to Kyiv following on Sunday.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated last week that peace negotiations remain on "a deep pause," and the government believes there are "extremely low" chances for a diplomatic breakthrough.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin maintains demands for the entire Donetsk region, while President Donald Trump claimed to have "an idea of peace" despite reports of 32,000 combined casualties.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to halt air strikes during the mission to ensure safe passage, though Russia has refused to commit to pausing its ongoing bombardment of Ukraine.
- Negotiations reached an impasse last year after being approximately 90 per cent agreed, and current efforts face skepticism as officials struggle to bridge significant territorial differences.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin described the situation in Ukraine as "complicated" at the start of talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and praised US President Donald Trump for his efforts to end the war, according to Reuters and Russian media. There is no sign of a breakthrough yet.
From Moscow and from President Zelensky arrived at the stop of the mutual raids on the occasion of the visit of the US envoys
There is hope: why Putin agreed to a meeting with Witkoff and Kushner: EADaily
EADaily, September 5th, 2026. Political analyst Alexei Pilko believes that the special envoys of the US president flew to Moscow in order to gain time for Kiev during the negotiations, which have been going on for more than two hours.
In a new attempt by the U.S. government to take the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on the war launched more than four and a half years ago, special envoys from the White House met this Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. Faced with mutual praises and ad hoc charges, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner left Moscow without public commitments, and now continue to Kiev, where they will sit with Ukrainian leader Volody…
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