Steve Witkoff

Russia: No new meeting with U.S. envoy in sight

There is currently no set date for the next meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin told Russian propaganda media on Dec. 5.

5 December 2025, 09:38 AM

Umerov and Hnatov to meet U.S. representatives in Florida today

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov and General Staff Chief Andrii Hnatov will meet with U.S. representatives in Florida on Dec. 4, adviser to the head of Ukraine's President's Office and Ukrainian delegation member Oleksandr Bevz reported on Facebook.

4 December 2025, 08:25 PM

Skepticism grows in West as Ukraine peace talks split into four tracks

Peace talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine remain underway behind closed doors, but skepticism is deepening in Washington and across Europe about whether they will yield a deal, The New York Times reported on Dec. 4.

4 December 2025, 01:30 PM

Russia dismisses key terms of U.S. Ukraine peace proposal

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin admitted he rejected parts of the U.S.-backed peace plan for Ukraine and described his Dec. 2 meeting in Moscow with Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “very useful,” according to an interview with India Today cited by Russian state-run media.

4 December 2025, 10:36 AM

Umerov rushes to U.S. for Witkoff meeting

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov will arrive in the U.S. on Dec. 4 for a meeting with President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Olha Stefanishyna said, according to public broadcaster Suspilne.

4 December 2025, 08:31 AM

U.S. invites Ukraine to follow-up talks after Witkoff–Putin meeting

The United States has invited a Ukrainian delegation to continue negotiations on the U.S.-backed peace plan in the coming days, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Dec. 3.

3 December 2025, 08:42 PM

Hegseth’d like to see Zelenskyy, Trump and Putin together at a dinner table

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he would like to have President Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy together at a dinner table, he said on Kate Miller’s podcast on Dec. 3.

3 December 2025, 02:52 PM

Witkoff dour in Miami, delighted in Moscow

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff behaves and looks completely differently in front of Ukrainian and Russian delegations, Financial Times journalist Christopher Miller wrote on X on Dec. 2.

3 December 2025, 11:44 AM

Russia will not propose a New Year’s cease-fire on the front lines – Peskov

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia has no plans to propose a New Year’s cease-fire on the front lines, reported by the state-run RIA Novosti news agency on Dec. 3.

3 December 2025, 11:29 AM

Zelenskyy-Witkoff-Kushner meeting called off

A meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Brussels has reportedly been canceled, Alex Raufoglu, Kyiv Post's Chief Correspondent in Washington DC reported on X early on Dec. 3.

3 December 2025, 10:19 AM

Putin shows up late to Witkoff, Kushner meeting

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin arrived several hours late to the Dec. 2 meeting with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and the son-in-law of U.S. President Jared Kushner, Russian outlet Current Time reported the following morning.

3 December 2025, 09:45 AM

Russia claims it gets four more U.S. peace documents

Russia has received four additional documents following the first version of U.S.-backed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov claimed on Dec. 3.

3 December 2025, 08:00 AM

Witkoff–Kushner–Putin talks produce no breakthrough

The Kremlin meeting between Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner concluded after nearly five hours on Dec. 2, seemingly producing no tangible results.

3 December 2025, 01:05 AM

Putin’s military outfit before Witkoff arrival was a planned performance

Vladimir Putin claimed that Russian forces had captured Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, an attempt to project confidence ahead of a key meeting with a U.S. delegation, The Guardian reported on Dec. 2.

2 December 2025, 06:49 PM

Witkoff and Kushner convoy spotted heading to Kremlin talks from Moscow airport

Reuters has released photos of the motorcade of U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, who are en route to a meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Dec. 2.

2 December 2025, 05:05 PM

Wang Yi in Moscow at the same time as Witkoff, already meets Russia’s Shoigu

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is in Russia at the same time as U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, who is set to meet Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin to discuss a possible peace deal for the war in Ukraine, The Moscow Times reported on Dec. 2.

2 December 2025, 04:19 PM

Peskov calls U.S. mediation 'effective' in efforts to resolve the war Russia launched against Ukraine

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called U.S. mediation “effective” in efforts to resolve the war that Russia launched against Ukraine, the Russian state-run Interfax news agency reported on Dec. 2.

2 December 2025, 02:56 PM

Moscow hides Witkoff talks as it gears up to reject peace plan

The Kremlin wants the Putin–Witkoff talks off-camera - a convenient way to bury the fact that Russia is poised to say “no” to the U.S.–backed peace plan, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Dec. 1.

2 December 2025, 11:02 AM

Kremlin claims battlefield gains ahead of Witkoff’s visit

Moscow has once again claimed its forces captured Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, and Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, one day before Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is expected to host U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss the U.S.-backed peace plan for Ukraine.

2 December 2025, 02:06 AM

Zelenskyy won't meet Trump's envoy Witkoff tomorrow in Ireland – sources

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not meet U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in Ireland on Dec. 2, sources in the Presidential Office told Radio NV.

1 December 2025, 07:42 PM

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